Children born to moms who smoked or ingested marijuana during pregnancy suffer higher rates of depression, hyperactivity, and inattention.

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.

Sex-deprived males seek out alcohol.

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

A newly discovered painkiller does not cause respiratory depression or addiction in mice and could be an alternative to frequently abused prescription medicines, researchers report.

A modified bacterial protein elicits a robust immune response against a cocaine-linked molecule in mice.

Long-term marijuana smokers have less gray matter in their orbitofrontal cortex than nonsmokers, but other brain circuits may compensate by increasing connectivity.

Developing nonaddictive drugs to combat pain