Since the 1970s, countless experts and the US government have sold the public a simple explanation for drug addiction, now clinically called substance abuse disorder: the myth of the gateway drug.

Alex Hogan is STAT’s senior multimedia producer and host of STATus Report, STAT’s weekly video series. You can follow him on Bluesky. GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Zepbound are some of the biggest ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson’s upcoming Lifetime biopic, I Was Honey Boo Boo, brought some ...

"American Pie" actor Jason Biggs is pulling back the curtain on the darkest days of his drug addiction—and the harrowing lengths he went to feed it. Biggs, now 47, revealed a startling glimpse into ...