Wellbridge’s Center for Addiction Science highlights integrated research, clinical care, and community outreach to ...

The School of Pharmacy announced in August the establishment of the education program Rising STARS — Scientific Training in Alcohol Research and other Substances — which intends to expose ...

The Addiction Science Defense Network in a new report criticized several reforms at the Health and Human Services Department, ...

A new master’s program in addiction science will be offered starting Fall 2023 in a joint venture between the Keck School of Medicine, the Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and the School of Pharmacy.

The Addiction Science Defense Network released a report saying federal actions have potentially destroyed 50 years of research.

We have a well-honed ability for branding the undesirable attributes of “others.” This natural human tendency has evolved and persists for a reason: The definition of an outcast group helps society to ...

Substance use impacts many people in many different ways – and while studies show that it doesn’t always lead to addiction, experts agree that using substances can affect a person’s health and ...

President Trump has declared the opioid epidemic a national emergency, and 21 million Americans are addicted to drugs and alcohol. The cover story of September's National Geographic looks into the ...

The nation’s first center of excellence in addiction medicine was unveiled in Memphis on Tuesday to help physicians rise to the challenge of treating substance abuse, including the opioid epidemic.

Members of UMSL’s Addiction Science Team assemble overdose prevention kits with doses of naloxone and information about treatment for addiction as part of their efforts to combat the opioid crisis in ...

The diabetes drug Ozempic has become a household name as a powerful weight-loss treatment. Its cousin Wegovy, specifically marketed for weight loss, contains the same active ingredient — semaglutide — ...

Concerns over the opioid epidemic have sparked a strong scientific interest in why some people become addicted while others don't. Now, researchers are proposing novel treatment strategies that could ...