25% of Americans (70 million people) admitted they use illicit drugs, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use. 48.7 million people nationwide struggle with substance abuse according ...

Substance abuse prevention – especially when it comes to prescription drugs – requires a community-wide effort. Addiction ...

The existentialist psychologist Viktor Frankl has famously argued that absence of meaning in life leads people to boredom, which they try to mitigate with alcohol and drugs. If Frankl is right, an ...

Called “bluetoothing,” the gruesome movement is fueling a wave of new HIV infections in hotspots around the globe, including ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — In an alarming story this week, KGW news partner KOBI broke the news that Medford police are investigating allegations that a nurse at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center caused ...

Three years after Colorado stopped requiring doctors to report newborns who tested positive for drugs as possible child abuse victims, the number of families referred to child protective services for ...

People with ADHD who take drugs to manage their symptoms have a lower risk of suicidal behaviours, criminal convictions, drug abuse, being accidentally injured or being in a road accident, according ...

Xylazine-laced fentanyl has been found in 48 states, creating what experts call the “deadliest drug” in the U.S., which results in side effects like necrosis, amnesia, blurred vision and death.

Plaintiffs brought claims under Georgia's Drug Dealer Liability Act In jury trial beginning Tuesday, they told the court of drug abuse that tore families apart (Reuters) - Families of opioid addicts ...