Federal actions and proposals have reignited debate over methadone and buprenorphine, worrying addiction experts and patient groups.

A government-commissioned study had been meant to inform new dietary guidelines, and found risks associated with even light drinking.

Entre le 1er janvier 2023 et le 26 mars 2026, Boubakeur Beddiaf, de nationalité algérienne, a mis en place une véritable escroquerie répartie sur plusieurs départements du Sud-Est. Selon la CPAM, le prévenu a consulté, pour la seule année 2024, pas moins de 106 médecins, des Alpes-Maritimes aux Bouches-du-Rhône en passant par le Var. Le […]

1866 : sous un contrat léonin, Dostoïevski dicte ce roman en vingt six jours à une sténographe de vingt ans qu'il épousera. L'histoire d'Alexeï, de Polina et de la roulette de Roulettenbourg. La radiographie la plus exacte de l'addiction jamais écrite.

A man who overdosed on heroin and meth flatlined several times - and reveals a near-death experience transported him to another realm where he met beings from the future.</p>

“Trump has willingly exposed an entire generation of children to Big Tobacco’s nicotine addiction,” writes Sen. Dick Durbin.

As statehouses ramp up for 2026, we’re seeing a familiar and concerning trend of lawmakers rushing to regulate the internet based on shockingly shaky science. From the California State Assembly to the Massachusetts and Minnesota legislatures, a wave of bills is crashing against the digital lives of young people, with proponents of these measures framing social media access as a “public […]

Read Executive Editor Rick Berke's letter to STAT readers on "The Deadliest Drug," a new investigative series into the country's failure to address excessive alcohol use.

About 70,000 Americans died of drug overdoses last year — about 14% fewer than the previous year, according to preliminary government data.

Last year, the FDA had warned that natural opioids in kratom were being turned into harmful products. Now President Trump says approval should be considered.

People gradually rely on AI to reduce the discomfort of thinking. For some, that can become a problem.

The White House nods to medication-assisted treatment and fentanyl test strips, despite recently placing new limits.

At the hearing, the judge heard from mothers who lost sons to overdose, a teenager born into withdrawal, and people who spent years dealing with addiction treatment.

Anthropology professor Angela Garcia is one of five Stanford recipients of the 2026 fellowship.

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The Trump administration underlines a “clear shift away from harm reduction and practices” that it says facilitates illegal drug use.

Paul Fertig argues that the villainization of social media is overdone, and that we must promote moderation instead.

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Trump's embrace of psychedelics and cannabis is shaking up the GOP’s relationship with mind-altering substances.

The Trump administration, in a stark departure from the "Just Say No" era, is funding psychedelics research and rescheduling marijuana.

Where worlds of normalcy and addiction collide, locals cling to a sense of community and shared resources now at risk in the wake of federal budget moves

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha led a Padyatra in Rajouri as part of the 'Drug-Free J&K' campaign. The initiative aims to tackle drug smuggling and addiction, with intensified police crackdowns and a focus on prevention and rehabilitation.

We’ve been warning for a while now that Section 230 is dying by a thousand legal workarounds rather than a straightforward repeal, and the hits just keep coming. A few weeks ago, I wrote about how two jury verdicts against Meta in New Mexico and California should scare anyone who cares about the open internet, […]

“Even if not everybody is losing a ton of money right now, you're creating this culture of large numbers of gamblers,” Isaac Rose-Berman says on the First Opinion Podcast.

In this week's STATus Report, host Alex Hogan dives into how sports betting apps hook users — and how he himself fell for some too-good-to-be-true promotions.

today i read 'the alcoholic roundabout', an article about the relationship dynamic around alcohol dependency and the psychological consequences for everybody involved.

In December, Molly finally got tired of running from the law. She checked herself into a drug treatment center in Northeast Portland. Last Friday, she was just three weeks away from completing her treatment program when she and the other patients were called into an emergency meeting. “I was told on Friday at 5:30 pm […]

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Last week, I wrote about why the social media addiction verdicts against Meta and YouTube should worry anyone who cares about the open internet. The short version: plaintiffs’ lawyers found a clever way to recharacterize editorial decisions about third-party content as “product design defects,” effectively gutting Section 230 without anyone having to repeal it. The […]

After being convicted of second-degree homicide, Matthew Laughrin wrote "Shouting Into The Darkness," a memoir that depicts his experience with addiction and mental illness.

A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury has found Meta and YouTube negligent in the design and operation of their respective platforms. The verdict, delivered after 44 hours of deliberation, marks the first time a jury has held tech companies legally responsible for “social media addiction” and the subsequent mental health challenges of a user. […]

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The guilty verdict marks a historic acknowledgment that social media platforms’ addictive design features can directly harm young users, setting a legal precedent that could reshape accountability and regulation worldwide

Very demure, and of course—very mindful.

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