CHICAGO - The first study to look at methamphetamine's potential lasting effects on children whose mothers used it in pregnancy finds these kids at higher risk for behavior problems than other ...

It’s no surprise that drugs can be linked to some of the most recent high- profile gunfire in Washington. A boy, whose mother was a known user of methamphetamine, sneaks away his mother’s gun and ...

But on meth, he said, there was a dark side, behavior he describes as manipulative and "dangerously self-destructive." He recalled how, when she missed her eldest son's eighth-grade graduation last ...

Violence associated with psychoactive substance use has long been recognized as a contributing factor in assaults and homicides. Although doctors can’t diagnose a person whom they haven’t personally ...

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In a recent New York Times story, health reporter Jan Hoffman describes methamphetamine as irresistible, suggesting it is so pharmacologically compelling that using it inexorably leads to an addiction ...

A study published in the Journal of Experimental Biology on July 6 found that drugs such as methamphetamines that make their way into the world’s waterways through human waste can actually cause fish ...

Dear Annie: A set of neighbors used to live across the street from me. When they did, I thought they were really nice, but I found out later -- too late -- that they were meth addicts who stole ...

CASPER — More shots were fired in the war against methamphetamine use the last few weeks as Casper Police Chief Tom Pagel, employers and other government officials continued to spread the word about ...

Jonathan Leyvas opened the lid of a dumpster on a hot July morning in Mesa, Arizona, hoping to find something useful or valuable inside. Like many people without homes in metro Phoenix, he lives day ...