Heroin is one of the most addictive drugs in the world. It is an opioid that floods the brain with dopamine, a chemical that helps us feel pleasure. This causes a strong feeling of happiness, ...

While state lawmakers continue to discuss a possible ban on THC products, there's another substance that drug recovery centers say they are noticing more teens using that could be harmful if abused.

CHICAGO — Illinois should not legalize cannabis, and physicians should not write recommendations for patients to use marijuana for medical purposes, because it is a dangerous, addictive drug and is ...

The highly addictive drug, manufactured almost exclusively by Mexican cartels, is more dangerous than ever. Its use has been surging across the country. Unlike fentanyl, there are no medicines that ...

A group of scientists say they’ve created a safer version of fentanyl that could potentially diminish the drug’s addictive side effects, which have resulted in annual deaths of tens of thousands of ...

We’ve all said it, even if we regret it: “There’s always room for dessert.” Turns out, there is a scientific explanation for why we can consume so many sweets compared to other types of foods with a ...

Kenner police this week issued a warning to the public, particularly to parents and educators, about Tapentadol, an addictive drug that they say officers are encountering more and more often as of ...

Researchers with the U.S. Military HIV Research Program at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and the National Institute on Drug Abuse, an arm of the National Institutes of Health, have ...

An international research team led by the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) has shown that the cerebellum, contrary to what was thought, fulfils functions that go beyond the motor sphere and can be ...

Ion channels have been created that are selectively activated by cocaine and that act to either stimulate or inhibit the electrical activity of neuronal cells in the brain. These cocaine-activated ion ...

STARTS RIGHT NOW. TONIGHT, WE’RE CONTINUING TO FOLLOW A MAJOR DRUG BUST IN ALBUQUERQUE. 4 MILLION FENTANYL PILLS SEIZED. CRIME. RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT FENTANYL EVEN MORE. HERE’S REPORTER ALYSSA MUNOZ ...