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What Does Recovery From Addiction Look Like?

Everyone wants to recover from addiction but no one is sure what recovery means.

Using Psychedelics to Treat Addiction

The search is on for ways to use such drugs as ketamine, psilocybin, and newly synthesized non-hallucinogenic psychedelics in the treatment of addiction.

The Gateway to Everything Nice

If there is such a thing as a gateway drug to food addiction, what might that substance be? Sugar is a strong contender.

A Look at the Year Ahead From AddictionNews

A preview of the coming year, including everything from GLP-1 drugs to ibogaine to apps effective in the treatment of substance use disorders.

Why Do Some People Become Addicted While Others Do Not?

Researchers examine all the scientific literature on decision-making in addiction and reduce it to a common set of questions and theories.

Understanding the Relationship Between Personality and Addiction

A survey of the correlation between substance use disorders and personality disorders such as toxic masculinity, narcissism and psychopathy.