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Eight of the 10 offices across the commonwealth received grants of $30,000 while two offices in the state’s west received $35,000 from the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment for State Prisoners ...

Propensity to addiction starts with the very first drug use experience, a new study shows.

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People taking new weight-loss drugs say they curb cravings for booze, drugs, and nicotine. Did scientists inadvertently ...

Objective: Although lower brain volume has been routinely observed in individuals with substance dependence compared with nondependent control subjects, the brain regions exhibiting lower volume have ...

DEA holds hearing on rescheduling marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III. Public comments and expert testimonies weigh in.