Spokane Police Department officers are alerting the community about lesser-known yet lethal drugs circulating in the area. While fentanyl, meth, and heroin are commonly associated with the ...

Layoffs and funding freezes have gutted the CDC’s response to the opioid crisis—just as harm reduction was beginning to work ...

The "opioid crisis" claimed the lives of over 80,000 Americans last year, and that figure was a 27 percent drop on the drug ...

but the pain he masks by using drugs. “I’ve been to detox about eight times, to every program around here,” he said. “But it never worked because the programs treat the addiction, not what you’re ...

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus discusses what addiction is, including what may cause it and how empathy is a ...

My tools include a gun, a Taser, handcuffs and jail – tools that do very little when faced with someone struggling with ...

In 2015, the DEA noted that both controlled prescription drugs and heroin abuse were prevalent, with some prescription drug abusers initiating heroin use. By 2020, the situation changed ...

"The operation is important in order to deter the drug abuse in the halfway house, so that it sets an example for others to stop all the drug abuse,” said Chief Warder Edmund Lim Boon Hwee ...

Watch: Upfront with Katie Hannon's discussion on drugs Christine said there needs to be more services offered to help people affected by addiction. "There’s not enough help there for addiction ...

PUTRAJAYA: Drug abuse in Malaysia has reached a critical level and now poses a serious threat to public safety, economic stability and the country’s social structure, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad ...

A small trial of an experimental vaccine designed to stop cocaine reaching the brain suggests that it helps reduce the drug’s use. Over a 32-week trial involving monthly injections, the urine of ...

Dave Navarro is speaking in no uncertain terms about the future of Jane's Addiction. Navarro, guitarist for the popular rock band, spoke to Guitar Player about the onstage fight between him and ...