Dr. John Winhusen featured in the Ask the Expert series explainer on medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD).

Dr. Alexander Walley answers key questions about naloxone and addresses myths about the overdose reversal medication.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) was developed as a method to prevent relapse when treating problem drinking, and was later adapted for...

Contingency management is the use of positive rewards or incentives to aid in the behavior change process. Contingency management...

Recovery capital helps us better understand the process of recovering from a substance use disorder, and measures the total resources...

Age matters. One of the best ways for teens to prevent addiction is to delay the onset of first use.

Teen developed and narrated video explainer on protecting the adolescent brain Narrated by Conner Nickel We often hear that addiction can...

Teen developed and narrated video explainer on protecting the adolescent brain Narrated by Conner Nickel Research shows that 90% of...

Research has shown that the words we use to describe substance use disorders (SUD) have a significant impact on those struggling with...

What is Stigma? Learn the types of stigma, the effects on individuals and families, and how to stop stigma from Dr. Valerie Earnshaw.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) frame substance use disorder as a medical condition. Yet many continue to ask whether addiction is a disease, so we asked the country’s top expert on addiction, Dr. Nora Volkow, the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “It’s actually been strange to me that people have a diffic

A video explainer that breaks down the impact of vaping on the brain and the body.

Naloxone is now available in many places without a prescription. Naloxone is a temporary antidote for overdoses from opioid drugs Here...

Naloxone is now available in most places without a prescription. Naloxone is a temporary antidote for opioid drugs which include but are...

When someone has been revived with an opioid overdose reversal medicine they come out of it very scared, angry and confused. Here are...

Communities play a key role in protecting adolescents from early substance use.

Genetics account for about half of a person’s likelihood of developing a substance use disorder.

Prevention is about delaying the onset of first use, or pushing it back as long as possible in order to protect young brains.

Breaking down the science of addiction to help families and loved ones understand what happens when someone is suffering from a SUD.

Addiction needs to be treated like a disease and we need to follow the disease model.