Although clinical researchers have been aware for some time of the cognitive and psychiatric consequences of heavy and long term ecstasy use, researchers had no idea how much consumption was needed before brain damage started to occur. A new research study has given the answer, and that answer is surprising; it appears that even small and initial doses of ecstasy can cause brain damage and decreases in mental performance.

Why increasing spending on addictions research is the only way to reduce barriers to drug treatment…

Scientists are getting closer to understanding what factors put people at greater risk for things like addiction and other compulsive behaviors - Cambridge University researchers make a breakthrough in understanding cocaine addiction.

Marijuana addiction is real. Just ask the 15% of people entering a drug-abuse program that reported Marijuana as their "preferred" drug of abuse. To some, the growing number of people smoking pot may be distressing – primarily to parents, many of whom may have had some experience of their own with the drug. Yet, the times have changed. The plant and its consumption is not what it used to be back in the good old hairy days of Woodstock.