It’s outstanding news that opioid overdoses have gone down by more than half over the past year. Fewer families are grieving the loss of a loved one to the throes of drug addiction. Fewer lives are ...

Children with co-occurring persistent pain and mental health symptoms face higher risk for early substance use, but the ...

Researchers followed more than 400,000 teens until they were adults. It found that those who used marijuana were more likely to develop serious mental illness, as well as depression and anxiety.

Fentanyl has made headlines for driving overdose deaths, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning of the rise of an even deadlier drug. Last year, nearly 70% of all U.S.

This chapter was produced by a team of researchers: Maxineanu, I., Roop,S., Morris, S., McManus, S., Roberts, E., Strang, J. (2025) Drug use and dependence. In Morris ...