We look at how commenting can lead to internet addiction and how college students are practicing digital detox.

What might be done about a kid like Nick Reiner? In California, involuntary commitment to drug rehabilitation is a complex legal process.

Colorado was providing addiction treatment at a cost of less than $1,500 per patient per year, so they had to put a stop to it.

A new book discusses JFK’s sex addiction. What’s left out are the debates about what qualifies as a sex addiction and if the term is ethical.

Does learning how to be a parent come "naturally"? Children learn how to become parents mostly by observation, not by instruction.

A new study from the VCU School of Medicine summarizes the reasons young Americans are dying prematurely in record numbers.

Nick Reiner is the ultimate exemplar of someone who, despite receiving support from a loving family, simply could not get it together.

Leave it to Canada, a country known for compassion, to show how self-compassion improves mental health outcomes.

Michigan State Police have decided to buck a nationwide trend of arresting and incarcerating drug addicts.

Online gambling syndicates and prediction markets get caught training AI to target gambling addicts. Learn more.

This is part 2 of our look at the unified theory of addiction and its author, AddictionNews publisher Robert Pretlow, M.D., MSEE, FAAP.

If Nick Reiner is convicted of killing his parents, the death penalty has already been removed from the equation.

Dr. Robert Pretlow, publisher of AddictionNews, lays out the unified theory of addiction at GAP 2026. Learn more.

Alcohol belongs on the list of cancer risks a person can change, even though cancer rates linked to alcohol use have doubled since 1990.

Chemists develop a vaccine that could enable the body’s immune system to identify fentanyl molecules, creating an internal “stop sign.”

New laws in CA require social media companies to either stop offering “addictive” tools to users under 16 or keep them off their platforms.

Nick Reiner, the suspected killer of his parents, Hollywood luminaries Rob and Michele Reiner, struggles with addiction.

The rise of smoking and its popularity with Gen Z tracks with the rise in social media use and the loneliness epidemic.

Removal of federal data collection of addiction across America reflects a similar attitude of looking the other way.

TOFA (5-tetradecyloxy-2-furoic acid), is a compound recently shown to cause weight loss without the muscle loss associated with GLP-1s.

Prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket are funding a midterm election gold rush aimed at heading off restrictions.

There is a whole dimension to Boyle's career that helps to explain why he is so controversial. Let's take a look.

A series of articles exposes the "treatment-first" approach to homelessness as one billionaire's bizarre fixation.

People ages 65 and older consume just as much screen time as younger people, and for the same reasons. Learn more.

In a public address, Pope Leo XIV talks about teenage addiction without mentioning the Catholic Church's contribution to the problem.

AI psychosis has reached the addiction treatment industry, with executives causing self-harm to their organizations.

Doctor twins learn the hard way that ultra-processed food consumption could and should be regarded as a powerful addiction.

Video can be an effective tool in the treatment of substance use disorders such as alcohol, opioid, and cannabis use disorders.

The research found negative results from pornography addiction on society as well as the individual, including adolescents and young adults.

The co-founder of Microsoft, AI pioneer Bill Gates, says AI addiction is real, and it's about to get a lot worse.

As the amount of time spent online crowds out other activities, young people around the world report an epidemic of loneliness.

No drug kingpin has ever done a more effective job of creating addicts than the cigarette pushers and the food industry.

An analog of naloxone targets neurons in the nucleus accumbens, providing pain relief without reward. Learn more.

A drawing practice is shown to reduce stress and may be a useful component of addiction recovery. Learn more.

Research shows a sharp decline in problem drinking in the U.S., but no one is exactly sure why. Learn more.

The Best Practices Toolkit involves a "treatment first" approach to homelessness and addiction. Learn more.

We continue the story of musician Billy Strings, who successfully overcame his substance abuse addiction. Read on!

Fishing is a very effective treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs). This is in part due to the role of displacement.

It is possible that substances only become irresistible when they are used to treat either physical or emotional pain.

Kratom and 7-OH are natural products that can be used to treat drug addiction but can also be dangerously addictive themselves.

Researchers find a similar source for alcoholism and obesity, which may explain why GLP-1 drugs appear to treat both diseases.

This is a story of recovery addiction of the famous musician Billy Strings, which he had told to Marc Maron on his podcast.

A disagreement over whether vaping products should be encouraged or discouraged is headed to court. Learn more.

One theory of addiction is that it is the result of pathological overlearning. But is that the end, or start, of the story?

What's the difference between pain and stress? Pain causes stress, but stress does not require pain. Learn more.

Overdose deaths are not the only measure, thank goodness. Harm reduction allows "zombies" to feel like people and be treated with respect.

Americans wagered $13 billion on sports in 2019 and a staggering $167 billion in 2025 — a nearly 13-fold increase.

A high-level conference on addiction treatment fails to acknowledge the elephant in the room. Guess what it is?

Recently, an intriguing story made the rounds about how 10 minutes of birdsong resulted in a significant reduction of stress levels.

The existence of exercise addiction provides strong evidence for a Unified Theory of Addiction. Learn more.