25% of Americans (70 million people) admitted they use illicit drugs, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use. 48.7 million people nationwide struggle with substance abuse according ...

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.

MWRA's Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant in Boston, Massachusetts. Photo courtesy of Massachusetts Water Resources Authority ...

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is acknowledging that, even as more states have legalized marijuana, youth cannabis use has “declined” over the past several decades. As part of an online ...

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

The Wisconsin Legislature recently approved of law enforcement to issue saliva tests to detect drugged driving. Officers have ...

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 ...

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

Hard drugs are substances with a high potential for addiction and serious health problems. These include cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and some prescription drugs misused for their psychoactive ...

While Cuba has a zero-tolerance policy on drugs, the use of drugs is on the rise across the island nation.