Substance use disorder is a treatable, chronic condition in which an individual has an addiction to using alcohol, tobacco, or other psychoactive substances to the point where their ability to ...

The consumption of powerful psychoactive drugs is a feature of other species beyond humans. Psychopharmacologist Ronald Siegel most famously raised public and scientific awareness of the unmistakable ...

In prehistoric Eurasia, drugs and alcohol were originally reserved for ritual ceremonies, and weren't used merely to satisfy hedonistic motives, a new study suggests. What's more, given the sacred ...

(The Conversation) — A scholar of religion who is writing a book on sacred drugs explains how today’s ‘psychedelic renaissance’ reflects a millennia-long history of using intoxicants to seek insight ...

Many common pharmacological treatments have effects on cognitive ability. Psychometric task batteries used to characterize such effects do not provide direct information about treatment-related ...

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) believes that pharmacists have the unique knowledge, skills, and responsibilities for assuming an important role in substance abuse prevention, ...