In a new JNeurosci paper, Adrian Rothenfluh and colleagues from the University of Utah developed a fruit fly model of cocaine ...

For the first time, researchers have created genetically modified fruit flies that can become addicted to cocaine.

Did you know that flies hate cocaine? These well-adapted creatures have evolved to avoid things that might do them harm by ...

Researchers have created genetically modified fruit flies for the first time that can become addicted to the Class A drug.

Harlan County, Kentucky, had a drug overdose rate two times the national average. Through funding and community programs, ...

Wiers instead suggests considering a model in which addiction is a 'biased choice' – a model that embraces the neurobiological findings of altered brain functioning with a developing addiction ...

But they matter. On a more hopeful note, this model points to new pathways out of addiction. Rather than blaming individuals or pathologizing them as brain-damaged, we can focus on reshaping ...

Image Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institutes on Drug Abuse, said the current model still holds value, and refers to addiction as “a chronic, treatable medical condition.” ...