A young woman gouged out her own eyes with her hands while under the influence of methamphetamine, leaving her permanently blind. Kaylee...
Drug manufacturer Purdue Pharma has decided to stop encouraging doctors across the country to write prescriptions for its painkiller, OxyContin, drawing positive...
The state of Kentucky filed a lawsuit on Monday accusing Endo International Plc of contributing to drug overdoses and the subsequent opioid epidemic...
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb proposed before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on Wednesday that all addicts who...
Energy drinks have already taken a lot of heat for the negative health effects they have, according to research. Now, they’re taking...
The drug epidemic continues to roil over the nation, with seemingly innocuous foods getting involved. This time, the latest casualties in the ongoing...
Opioid overdoses continue to rise, and Ohio is not exempted from the epidemic that has been sweeping the nation. In Middletown, the...
Small yellow pills that look like prescription drugs have been making the rounds in Georgia, leading to dozens of overdoses and at...
In one of his last acts as the US Surgeon General under President Barack Obama’s administration, Vivek Murthy released a landmark report...
The Drug Enforcement Agency announced on Thursday that it is temporarily putting a synthetic opioid nicknamed “pink” in the dangerous drugs category,...
A nurse who formerly worked in the University of Colorado Hospital was taken into federal custody after being accused of stealing vials...
Six people overdosed on heroin in Anoka County, Minnesota, local authorities confirmed. The cases are under investigation in what is an “alarming”...
A teenager lay dying on the floor of a motel room in Ohio while his mother and grandmother partied and got high...
The cash reward system does not work on HIV-positive drug addicts or alcoholics, a new study has found. The new research, funded...
A Senator has proposed higher criminal penalties for possession of fentanyl, the highly addictive opioid that officials say killed pop superstar Prince....
Pain medication has a long history of being used in drug abuse, addiction and overdoses. According to the Denver Post, researchers at...
The world was shocked when Prince died at age 57 on April 21, 2016. Most fans chose to remember the artist for...
A Pennsylvania woman was arrested today on charges of injecting two teenagers – including her own daughter, 14 – with heroin. Police...
Heroin abuse has long been acknowledged as a vice on the rise, but 74 non-fatal overdoses in Chicago over the course of only...