Substance use and substance use disorder differ by the frequency of use and the effect on a person’s life. Substance use disorder is a mental health condition. Substance use refers to using both legal ...

Drug use causes long term or permanent changes in neural pathways. An ex-smoker's greatest enemy may not be the cigarette, but the ashtray. Items like needles or clinking glasses might trigger old ...

Nearly 19 million children in the United States have at least one parent with a substance use disorder, according to a new study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics. And a significant number of those ...

The goal of this literature review is to synthesize existing literature and knowledge on the prevalence of drug use in transit environments and discuss agency responses to this crisis in the United ...

Risk-taking and testing limits are a regular part of adolescent development. Many teens experiment with drugs, alcohol, or over-the-counter substances during this period. While the desire to ...

In consideration of recent US substance use treatment policy changes and unprecedented levels of adolescent opioid-related deaths, we examined the most recent national data (2022–23 National Survey on ...