Carl Hart, a neuroscientist at Columbia University, writes about the choices addicts make in his new book, High Price: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery that Challenges Everything You Know ...

Addiction is a condition that has long baffled physicians and philosophers, to say nothing of those struggling with it and those around them. People have long debated whether addiction is a habit or a ...

Addiction is often debated as either a disease or a choice, but in reality, it involves elements of both. Many people first ...

Princess Kate has issued a firm statement declaring that "addiction is not a choice", calling for the "stigma" around it to end and society to show "compassion and love" to those dependent on drugs, ...

Anna talks to an addiction medicine specialist about what the latest research reveals about why people start using drugs and how to support them if they do. Dr. Nzinga Harrison, addiction medicine ...