Young adults may suffer strokes when using cocaine, meth, and even cannabis, and the onset may be shortly after drug use and ...

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 ...

A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing highlighted the emerging conflict between drug policies and scientific ...

Take a good look around any major urban area– and now, many rural spaces too– and you’ll see signs of drug abuse and addiction. The Baltimore City Department of Health reports that “In 2023, Baltimore ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Patricia writes about family law and tips for female lawyers. “According to the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child ...

Drug abuse among youths is worsening, with one in seven Nigerians, from 15 to 64, profiled as drug user, three times the global average, experts have said. A 2018 National Drug Use Survey by UN Office ...

The Drug Free Schools and Campuses Regulations (34 CFR Part 86) of the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (DFSCA) require an Institution of Higher Education (IHE) such as Hope College (Hope), to ...

Etomidate, recently dubbed the "second propofol," has been added to the list of controlled narcotics. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced stricter management after the general anesthetic, ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...

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 ...

Kratom is a plant native to Southeast Asia and is mostly used for chronic pain. While the plant is legal in Oklahoma, it has a controversial origin.