President Trump signed an executive order Thursday to coordinate a federal government response to drug addiction.

Many of the prescription drugs that are commonly abused or misused are brands most people have heard of. Painkillers, also known as opioids, are the most frequently abused ones, per data from the New ...

According to Sharon Levy, MD, Harvard Medical School's pediatric addiction expert, nonmedical medication misuse may be much more common than previously reported. One of the older fads is in the news ...

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

Experts call for rehabilitation instead of jail time for people with addiction. Drug and alcohol-related jail deaths have skyrocketed in recent years, according to a recent report from the Bureau of ...

An investigative report this year found that 70 percent of deaths caused by drug overdoses in the Milwaukee metropolitan area involved prescription drugs. In one year alone painkillers accounted for ...

NDLEA Chairman Buba Marwa urges Nigerian youths to embrace skills acquisition and empowerment to prevent drug abuse, ...

A suicide prevention organization will host a conference in Jacksonville on Friday to educate East Texas residents about drug ...

A recent story in The Santa Fe New Mexican (“Ten accused of smuggling Suboxone into S.F. County jail,” Dec. 4) about people charged with attempting to bring Suboxone into the Santa Fe County jail. The ...

Kochi City police introduce saliva-based drug detection devices to combat substance abuse and enhance public safety.