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Drug Addiction

Drug addiction is a chronic condition in which a person continues to use a substance compulsively despite harmful consequences, driven by changes in brain systems that govern reward, motivation and self-control. It can involve illicit drugs, alcohol, nicotine or misused medications, and it is associated with physica…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 6 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 62× across the literature

Overview

Drug addiction is a chronic condition in which a person continues to use a substance compulsively despite harmful consequences, driven by changes in brain systems that govern reward, motivation and self-control. It can involve illicit drugs, alcohol, nicotine or misused medications, and it is associated with physical and psychological dependence, tolerance and withdrawal. Addiction is studied across neuroscience, psychology and public health, and is addressed through prevention, behavioural therapies, pharmacological treatment and social support. Reflecting the substance-use focus of this journal and its companion titles, related research has examined patterns of drug misuse and emerging approaches to dependence. Studies include an analysis of drug abuse among street children, which addresses the social and behavioural dimensions of substance use, and work on transformative psychopharmacology examining a psychoactive compound and its relevance to treatment. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to drug addiction, including its causes, consequences and the prevention and treatment strategies used to address substance dependence.

Research published in this journal

6 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2018

Drug Abuse among Street Children

Yahya Muhammed BahCorresponding author
Exact topic Journal of Clinical Research in HIV AIDS and Prevention Cited by 57 doi:10.14302/issn.2324-7339.jcrhap-18-2291

How this research is being cited

The 6 articles above have been cited 62 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Nov 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Drug Addiction, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Journal of Alcohol.

Journal editorial board
Borna Relja · Germany Enver Tahiraj · Kosovo Kamal Pasa · Bangladesh

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