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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now seeking public comment on its new, more flexible opioid prescribing guidelines, an update to recommendations first published in 2016.

Three weekly ketamine infusions were associated with more days of alcohol abstinence at a 6-month follow-up in patients with severe alcohol use disorder, according to a double-blind, phase 2 trial published in the American Journal of...

The Drug Enforcement Administration on Monday unveiled Operation Overdrive, a new initiative aimed at combatting rising rates of drug-related violent crime and overdose deaths.

The bipartisan Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking has identified areas in which it believes the federal government should place more emphasis and developed a series of action items.

In a recent study led by researchers from Palo Alto University and Washington University in St. Louis, a chatbot—a computer program that simulates human conversation—was found to potentially reduce the likelihood of an individual developing...

In-hospital addiction medicine consultations appear to reduce deaths among patients with substance use disorder, according to study results published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

A combination of a low dose of ketamine and psychological therapy was found to help patients with severe alcohol use disorder remain sober longer, according to findings from a recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Exeter...

The National Football League is awarding $1 million to 2 teams of medical researchers to study the effects of cannabinoids on pain management and neuroprotection from concussion, according to an Associated Press report.

Ingrained habits in individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) appear to contribute to the perpetuation of drug-seeking behavior and relapse rather than the drug itself, suggests a study involving rats published in Biological Psychiatry.