Addiction - University of Toronto Magazine

Why Can’t We Put Down Our Phones?

A U of T Mississauga study finds that problematic smartphone use is increasing worldwide – especially among younger women

U of T researchers are developing a chatbot to help people stop smoking. One day, it might offer therapy, too

Every year, thousands of Canadians seek help for addiction. Which treatments work best?

Three engineering students found a government-issued naloxone kit complicated to use. So they designed a new one

How the medical system is trying to wean patients off opioids

By 28, I’d been arrested, convicted and kicked out of grad school. But it took me another two years to end my love affair with drugs

A neuroscientist recounts his personal experience with drug addiction

A behavioural scientist offers new criteria for defining how much is too much

The American Psychiatric Association is considering whether "hypersexual disorder" should be included in its next guide to mental illness

What's the truth about your health? Take it from the experts

Rachel Tyndale, Vincent Tropepe, Deborah Fels, Shaf Keshavjee, Ed Doolittle, Akiko Iwasaki