Added to Email Alerts

Substance Abuse and Addiction

Latest News View All

Explainer-What Are the Health Risks From Wildfire Smoke?

Reuters Health Information January 9, 2025
Dry January: Should Doctors Make It Year-Round?

Medscape Medical News January 7, 2025
Cost Barriers Influence Adherence to Asthma Care

Medscape Medical News January 7, 2025
Adding Mobile App to Medication for OUD May Improve Outcomes

Medscape Medical News January 3, 2025
Brain Changes in Youth Who Use Substances: Cause or Effect?

Medscape Medical News January 3, 2025
An Abundance of Nonalcoholic Options Available

Medscape Medical News December 31, 2024
Don’t Miss 2024’s Top 5 Stories From Canada

Medscape Medical News December 31, 2024
Microplastics Pose Risks to Lungs

Medscape Medical News December 23, 2024

View All

Perspective View All

Making Sense of Mixed Messages on Drinking

Expert Interview January 7, 2025

Medscape’s Neha Pathak, MD, and George Koob, PhD, Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, break down the latest guidance on alcohol intake.
Bottoms Down: Make Alcohol Screening a Clinical Priority

Commentary December 27, 2024
Smoking Cessation Offers Benefits at Any Age

Commentary December 18, 2024
Does Marijuana Harm Your Lungs? The Unclear Truth

Viewpoint December 13, 2024

View All

Journal Articles View All

Impact of Lp(a) on LDL-C or Apo-B-related Risk of CAD

Journal of the American College of Cardiology September 9, 2024
Drug Overdose Deaths With Evidence of Counterfeit Pill Use

Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report November 10, 2023
Emergence of Melioidosis in Brazil: A Case Series

Journal of Medical Case Reports November 3, 2023
Perioperative Care of Patients With Opioid Use Disorder

Anesthesia & Analgesia September 27, 2023
Prosthetic Knee Infection by a-hemolytic Streptococcus Species

Journal of Medical Case Reports September 22, 2023
Cannabis-Involved ED Visits Among Youths Before, During COVID

Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report September 20, 2023

View All

Additional Resources

Medscape Drugs & Diseases

Medscape Education

CME Learning Center: Substance Abuse and Addiction

All material on this website is protected by copyright, Copyright © 1994-2025 by WebMD LLC. This website also contains material copyrighted by 3rd parties.