Unlike with opioids, there is no medication to suppress cravings for meth and other stimulants. As use soars, hundreds of clinics are trying a radically different approach. Six months after a doctor ...

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 ...

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A powerful stimulant that keeps users sleepless for days and can ignite psychosis and violence has been rattling Portland and its safety networks. Credit... Supported by By Jan Hoffman Photographs by ...

The pressing issue of methamphetamine addiction — especially within Florida’s LGBTQ+ community — has largely been overlooked. Florida is among the five states with the most meth users according to ...

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 ...

Wayne Creswell hit rock bottom three years ago. After decades of drug use he was locked up in Christchurch Men's Prison, his wife was on home detention at the other end of the country, and their five ...