“I’ve always been anti-drugs all my life, it’s just the way I was brought up,” says Mike, 37, from Manchester. “But then I found myself asking people: ‘Do you know anyone selling?’” In 2008, Mike was ...

A recovering Belfast man has warned of the dangers of the often hidden addiction to over-the-counter medication. Michael Main said at one stage he went down to just four stone in weight and had to ...

STOCKED in every high street pharmacy in Britain, it is a drug that’s meant to ease pain – not cause it. And yet, an escalating addiction epidemic in the UK is risking the lives of ordinary people.

Every day, people embark on the road to recovery from addiction. Some choose—or are remanded by law enforcement—to do it with the help of some type of clinical service, some prefer the support of ...

Nicotine use over time increases the speed that codeine is converted into morphine within the brain, by increasing the amount of a specific enzyme, according to new research in rat models. It appears ...

An addiction is a chronic dysfunction of the brain system that involves reward, motivation, and memory. It’s about the way your body craves a substance or behavior, especially if it causes a ...

During the past 10 years, efforts in pharmacogenomics have generated insights into the efficacy and safety of drugs, enhancing our understanding of the safety profile of even some of the oldest drugs, ...