According to the Addiction Center, data from the Pew Research Center showed that 77% of Americans connect to the internet on a daily basis. While this is relatively harmless for a majority of us, ...

One analysis shows that in 2023, the adult entertainment market was valued at more than $172 billion. Here's when porn ...

Half of all adolescents between 12 and 17 have used digital screens for at least four hours a day since the pandemic, the ...

The government now pays for treatment. The American Psychiatric Association hasn’t recognized compulsive gaming as an addiction, but it lists Internet gaming disorder as requiring more study.

We were promised a more progressive future as a result of young people becoming politically active. But then Trump took over ...

An addiction to social media and/or an addiction to the Internet would be considered non-substance addiction. Likewise, this is the case for generative AI addiction, namely, it is a non-substance ...

Just like a cocaine or cannabis addict needs an ever greater dose to feel the same high, the same thing happens with smartphone addiction. Professor Mark Griffiths, a leading expert on internet ...

A great deal of time in director/writer David Donnelly’s documentary The Cost of Convenience is spent reviewing the history ...

Addiction is a disease that affects your brain ... According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, 3.8 percent of American adults abuse opioids each year. Heroin is a drug that comes ...

A local addiction services provider is honoring ... "They are people. They are not just statistics. They have dads and moms and sisters," she said. "Four years ago, he passed away from accidental ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. In late 2016, Steven Klein realized that he’d lost control over his drinking and stimulant use. He became ...

It also provides daily and monthly statistics to find out when and how much the user ... These apps help combat internet addiction, aimless internet surfing, and social media scrolling—blocking ...