When most people think of the world’s most commonly used drugs, opioids often come to mind due to their devastating toll in overdose deaths and media coverage. But the reality is more nuanced. While ...

Salem City Council will discuss launching a "Prevent, Treat, and Enforce" framework to reduce drug use in the city during its March 23 meeting.

Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger and Prince are just a few of the many who have died from overdosing on drugs. However, it seems as though their deaths are not enough to instill change ...

Young adults may suffer strokes when using cocaine, meth, and even cannabis, and the onset may be shortly after drug use and is directly linked to these drugs.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The death of Mexican drug lord El Mencho is the latest development in a war on drugs that has lasted over half a century. (Daniel ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Until we stop framing all drug use and every overdose as problems of “addiction” and “substance use disorders,” we ...

Using data from 100 million people, researchers found that amphetamine use increased the risk of stroke by 122%, and that ...

Injection drug use in the Appalachian region led to a significant syndemic of fatal overdoses and rising rates of HIV and viral hepatitis.

At the 69th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), UNAIDS, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD), together with ...

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Brianna "Chickenfry" LaPaglia, in a March 10 TikTok video, got candid about the growing use of GLP-1 weight loss medication.