Daily cannabis use is surging as potency quadruples. An ER doctor explains the real risks: addiction, withdrawal, psychosis, heart disease, and lung cancer.

It’s not only people addicted to alcohol or drugs who experience significant withdrawal symptoms if they stop using. Antidepressant (AD) withdrawal symptoms are also common, can be severe and ...

Ever since fentanyl came to dominate the U.S. illicit drug supply, doctors and patients have found buprenorphine, a key addiction-treatment medication, increasingly difficult to use. All too often, ...

Doctors are reporting a troubling trend when it comes to fentanyl. The powerful drug, they say, isn’t just causing overdoses — it’s also making it more difficult to begin addiction treatment. In ...

On Thursday night, a film at Syracuse’s Palace Theatre aimed to give audiences a deeper understanding of the people living ...

When we take psychotropic medications such as antidepressants, over time the brain and body adapt to the drug. This process of adaption is often termed physical dependence, which leads to tolerance ...

Heroin addiction can severely impact a person’s life and the lives of their friends and family. A person experiencing heroin addiction may not wish to discuss the fact that they take heroin with ...

The terms “addiction” and “dependence” can seem similar, but they are different. Dependence occurs when the body physically relies on a drug. Addiction involves changes in behavior. A person with an ...

Alcohol withdrawal seizures can strike 24 to 48 hours after the last drink, turning wilderness settings into life-threatening traps for heavy drinkers.