Drugs are popular in our culture. Youth follow the norms that they see in their culture and the behavior of the adults around ...

When it comes to drug addiction issues in Baltimore, District 13 Councilman Antonio Glover wants to see more action than ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is trying to keep prescription drugs from getting into the ...

Weight-loss drugs that work like Ozempic can help users shed pounds. Now, a new study suggests the medications could also help people with alcohol use disorder. The research, published Nov. 13 in ...

Dale Ward, 31, from the U.K., told Newsweek, "I am a functioning member of society now," after becoming a teenage cocaine ...

All drugs of abuse converge on the mesolimbic dopamine system, but via different mechanisms. Cocaine blocks dopamine reuptake, while opioids inhibit GABA neurons, disinhibiting dopamine release.

Three children have been removed from their mother’s custody, and 12 felony charges have been filed following a child abuse ...

Could weight loss drugs like Ozempic help combat addiction? STAT explores the question in our weekly video series.

Zimbabwe is in the grip of a growing crisis as substance abuse rips through communities, with young people in the eye of the ...

Nigeria’s NDLEA Act enforces “laws against the cultivation, processing, sale, trafficking and use of hard drugs.” Individuals ...