Choosing to seek help for a substance use disorder takes courage, and taking the first step toward recovery isn't always easy ...

For the past 25 years, the international community has come together on Aug. 31 to promote International Overdose Awareness Day. This annual campaign aims to end overdoses, remember without stigma ...

About 1 in 4 U.S. children—nearly 19 million—have at least one parent with substance use disorder. This includes parents who misuse alcohol, marijuana, prescription opioids or illegal drugs. Our ...

Polysubstance use disorder is a mental health condition in which someone uses more than one substance at the same time or within a short period of time, despite a pattern of negative effects.

Substance use and substance use disorder differ by the frequency of use and the effect on a person’s life. Substance use disorder is a mental health condition. Substance use refers to using both legal ...

Source: Mark Gold, MD with permission Addiction medicine is in the midst of a conceptual tectonic shift. Recent work by Director Nora Volkow and her National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) colleagues ...

Significant sex differences exist in the prevalence of specific mental health disorders and substance use behaviors among patients with methamphetamine use disorder.

The prevalence of substance use disorder (SUD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD) declined in the US from 2021 to 2025, with particularly encouraging trends among adolescents and young adults. New data ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There are limited numbers of FDA-approved medications to treat alcohol and substance use disorders. Preclinical ...