Rates of drug overdose deaths decreased in the U.S. for the first time since the pandemic began, according to new federal ...

According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, 3.8 percent of American adults abuse opioids each year. Heroin is a drug that comes from a flower, the opium poppy, which usually grows ...

The drug's use was also on the rise in places like New York, where, in the following year, at least 95% of those admitted to ...

Gambling addiction statistics show a growing problem, especially among young adults. Discover key trends, risks, and possible ...

Routes of Drug Use Among Drug Overdose Deaths—United States, 2020-2022 ... of Pennsylvania and the National Institute on Drug Abuse found smaller hippocampal volume in patients with a history ...

For a century, Americans have embraced a punitive approach to addiction—one that has undermined treatment efforts.

A Harford County man will spend 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to supplying drugs to a friend, who overdosed and died in 2023.

The Metro Drug Coalition is ... who died from substance abuse. His name was Thorton Elmore and he was 43 years old. "They are ...