And the work is dangerous because meth users are the most unpredictable addicts he’s dealt with: “The proliferation of guns in the homes of meth-users has gone up staggeringly. … It’s almost the norm ...

The highly addictive drug, manufactured almost exclusively by Mexican cartels, is more dangerous than ever. Its use has been surging across the country. Unlike fentanyl, there are no medicines that ...

A study published in the Journal of Experimental Biology on July 6 found that drugs such as methamphetamines that make their way into the world’s waterways through human waste can actually cause fish ...

The methamphetamine crisis reveals shortcomings in Nebraska’s system established to deal with addicts, according to a new report from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Dealing with meth addicts is ...

Imagine having an iPod with only one track loaded into its memory. But listening to that track can ease your anxiety and depression, reverse insomnia, relieve chronic pain and stamp out cravings for ...

LOUISA, Ky. — Home deliveries from the local food bank now require a police escort. A shop owner has started to carry her gun to work. And the local constable, who rarely had to pull his weapon in the ...

An intriguing experiment in drug treatment is quietly unfolding in the Bay Area. The idea? Rewarding methamphetamine users who get clean with gift cards to Burger King, Walmart and other stores. Drug ...

Methamphetamine doesn't just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain—it also provokes damaging brain inflammation through similar mechanisms. Meth is ...

At 21 years old, Robert McAllister remembers unlocking his phone in Louisville, Kentucky, to a grid of bodies on Grindr, the gay hookup app. To the average American, many terms and symbols in user ...

An intriguing experiment in drug treatment is quietly unfolding in the Bay Area. The idea? Rewarding methamphetamine users who get clean with gift cards to Burger King, Walmart and other stores. Drug ...