Drug addiction manifests as a compulsive drive to take a drug despite serious adverse consequences. This aberrant behaviour has traditionally been viewed as bad 'choices' that are made voluntarily ...

2, p. 179. Iran has one of the world's highest rates of drug addiction: estimated to be between 2 and 7 percent of the entire population. This makes the questions that this book asks all the more ...

So, what impact does this have in workplaces and what can employers do about it? Firstly, they need to be able to identify employees who have alcohol or drug addiction and who may be in need of help.

Early data suggests GLP-1 drugs, renowned for their ability to assist in weight loss, may have a powerful effect on treating ...

Addiction is a disease that affects your brain and behavior. With drug addiction, you can’t resist the urge to use them. If you’re worried that you or a loved one may have an addiction ...

The weight-loss drugs are linked with reduced rates of excess drinking and opioid overdoses, suggesting they may tamp down ...

Meditation and taking walks with her 10-year-old son help to calm the battle now, but she's still struggling to finally quit her decades-long drug addiction. Windsor shelter closer to adding ...

For people who have no personal experience with addiction, it’s easy to get a distorted idea of what the disease is actually ...

JD Vance chronicled his mother’s struggles to raise him amid addiction in his best-selling book. (Matt Rourke/Associated Press) JD Vance made a brief mention of his mother’s drug addiction in ...

Every dollar you give helps us continue to shine a light on these critical issues in the run up to the election and beyond Eric Roberts has shared how his previous drug addiction impacted his ...

Diabetes and weight loss drugs like Mounjaro and Ozempic may also help patients suffering from addiction, according to a new study. In the study, published Thursday in the scientific journal ...

Weight-loss and diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro could be used to treat drug and alcohol addiction in the future — according to the first large-scale study — but more research is needed. An ...