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 ...

DOOMSCROLLING social media is driving rocketing ketamine use among teens, a leading addiction expert has warned. Figures show ...

Digital addiction affects 25-30% of teenagers who exhibit problematic smartphone or internet use. There are mild, moderate, ...

Opioid medications treat pain associated with surgery, cancer, chronic illness, and traumatic injury. The short-term effects of taking opioids are well-studied, but the long-term effects are less ...

PA live! (WBRE) — Paola Giangiacomo is back to give a teaser of her next edition of Paola’s Parenting Playbook. This week she is discussing child abuse. According to the National Children’s Alliance, ...

This letter is in response to the child-abuse trial against Damen Dean Smith ("Jury delivers guilty verdict on all eight counts of abuse," April 2). Being a survivor of abuse myself, I took a special ...

Lisa Gennosa is not just a physician assistant, but also a devoted wife, loving mother, and the daughter of a liquor and narcotics agent. She has bravely chosen to share her deeply personal experience ...

Eighty-one purple pinwheels rattled as they spun at Sarg Hubbard Park on Thursday, each representing an overdose death in Yakima County last year. Nearby, about 100 people gathered to remember those ...

Are you able to recognize signs of family abuse or dysfunction and how these childhood experiences may be affecting your ...