Oklahoma dropped its lawsuit against OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma in exchange for a National Center for Addiction Studies and Treatment in Tulsa.

With a built-in supply of a powerful cocaine-chomping enzyme, the transplant might also curb addiction.

Lucemyra is the first non-opioid drug to be approved in the U.S. specifically for this purpose.

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.

An online survey finds that people report feeling most relaxed with a glass of red wine or beer, and most aggressive when drinking spirits.

The Dartmouth College professor uses optogenetics to probe the neurological routes of habitual behavior.

The primatologist had written to the agency that the trial, which involved observing the effects of nicotine addiction in squirrel monkeys, was “cruel and unnecessary.”

Scientists are beginning to unravel the mechanisms behind the therapeutic effects of psychedelic drugs.

A new report summarizes what we know about the impacts of marijuana use, as more states have legalized the drug for both medical and recreational purposes.