It could be fertile ground for addiction, say scientists at UB’s Research Institute on Addictions (RIA). Research scientists at RIA, founded in 1970 as a part of the New York State Division of ...

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 ...

Nicotine addiction remains one of the most persistent public health challenges worldwide, driven by changes in the brain that ...

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.

A central message of the Ohio Opioid Education Alliance’s current campaign, Beat the Stigma, is that addiction and mental illness stem largely from family history — not from poor choices, weak ...

We're learning more about the craving that fuels self-defeating habits—and how new discoveries can help us kick the habit. Addiction hijacks the brain’s neural pathways. Scientists are challenging the ...

And no one thinks science alone will solve the problem. Olsen, for instance, compares drug addiction to the nation’s epidemic of diabetes. Even if doctors could give every addict a pill to block the ...

His critique of the science behind treatment of addiction is deeply flawed, and his own model of approach to solve the “problem of addiction” ironically has no independent scientific proof of ...

Playing video games may seem like a harmless way to unwind after a long day at work or school. However, gameplay can ...

In 12-step meetings, it is often said that someone was an addict before he or she “put in.” According to this view, putting a drug, whether alcohol or any other addictive substance, into our bodies in ...