A former addict has revealed the worst symptom he experienced after quitting cannabis. Also known as marijuana, weed, or pot, ...

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Timeline of how cannabis impacts the body, as former addict Dorian Develops reveals what happened after he stopped smoking.

Addiction is an inability to stop using a substance or engaging in a behavior even though it may cause psychological or physical harm. The term addiction does not only refer to dependence on ...

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

Making drugs illegal simply perpetuates the spiral of shame, stigma and isolation that makes addiction so damaging, says Jan ...

In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, three Vietnamese women who cleaned a house where Koreans had held a party collapsed and were hospitalized with symptoms of drug intoxication after eating leftover food at ...

How political red tape and a drug company’s thirst for profits limited the reach of a drug that experts believe could have reduced the opioid epidemic’s toll. Credit...Photo illustration by Ben Denzer ...