Addiction

During the 2022 publicity tour for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, a musical biopic about the career of the famous American pop music satirist, actor

In pharmaceutical research, substances that affect the mind or behavior are defined as psychoactive. This definition extends to substances that alter perception, mood, consciousness, or

All psychoactive substances have the potential to affect normal physical activity to a certain degree. Impairment is a hallmark of drinking too much. Many people

In March 2023, during a guest appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, rapper Macklemore spoke about his struggles with relapse at the height

In February 2024, former NBA star Rex Chapman went on a publicity tour to promote It’s Hard for Me to Live with Me, an autobiography

In November 2023, two developments in the world of Hollywood celebrities dealing with the stigma of alcoholism made news headlines. Actress Jessica Simpson celebrated six

Neurochemistry is a scientific field often compared to quantum physics in the sense that both generate prodigious quantities of research, but the steady flow of

In August 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the results of a longitudinal survey on alcohol use disorder (AUD) statistics compiled

In the 2018 film Beautiful Boy, which is based on two poignant memoirs written by a methamphetamine addict and his father, actor Timothée Chalamet plays

When evaluating the various therapeutic strategies for the treatment of substance abuse disorders, there’s a strong need to shift the outdated narratives of addiction as