Meth use accounted for about 1 in 6 heart attacks during the period reviewed. People who used meth and had a heart attack were younger (median age 52 years) and were more likely to be male compared to ...

A state commission reviewing severe child abuse cases found children using meth and being sex trafficked while staying in Department of Children's Services offices and transition homes. NASHVILLE, ...

A noteworthy shift in how people use illegal drugs has emerged among visitors to syringe-services programs in Washington state, according to a newly released health survey. In 2021, 93% of respondents ...

Methamphetamine use disorder is a neurological condition with well-documented effects on the brain. Meth floods dopamine pathways far beyond normal levels, damaging receptors tied to motivation, ...

Data from Australia’s wastewater drug monitoring program suggests methamphetamine use (also known as speed, ice or crystal meth) is at a record high. Cocaine is also up. MDMA may be levelling off.

It seemed too much a caricature to be true. In July, West Virginia state police reported that wasp spray was being used in the state as an alternative to methamphetamine. Inhaled or injected ...

Methamphetamine use disorder (MUD) remains one of the most underserved disorders in addiction medicine, largely because there are no FDA-approved medications for its treatment—yet. The 2024 National ...

Changes in how methamphetamine trafficking is punished under federal law are being proposed this year to bring sentences more in line with other hard drugs such as cocaine and heroin. The impact of ...

Kodak Black is setting the record straight after months of speculation about his health and alleged drug use. The Florida rapper took to the Gram to address the rumors head-on, denying claims that ...