January is National Substance Use Disorder Treatment month, a time to raise awareness about effective treatments, and reduce ...

New microbiome data show that intestinal bacteria can generate clinically relevant alcohol levels, validating a rare syndrome ...

Alcoholic insanity is an outdated term to describe alcohol-induced psychosis. This is a rare condition in which alcohol use disorder, acute alcohol intoxication, and alcohol withdrawal can cause ...

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA; 2023), more than 1 in 9 of American adults (11.8 percent) believe they have ever had a problem with alcohol or other ...

All safe consumption sites should receive government funding for supervised inhalation. This way, the growing number of people who inhale substances will be closer to the help they need in case of ...

Addiction is an umbrella term that reflects qualities of substance use disorder, characterized by an inability to stop using a substance despite harmful consequences. However, addiction is not a ...

Eight countries have been added to a UK Foreign Office (FCDO) list warning Britons of a risk of methanol poisoning from tainted alcohol. Guidance has been added to the FCDO's travel pages for Ecuador, ...

A very small number of people can naturally experience symptoms of intoxication despite not consuming any alcohol.

If someone you are with appears to be suffering from drug poisoning, Public Health advises to call 911 and stay with the ...