The growing use of methamphetamine is becoming not just a problem for affected families and friends, but social service providers making home visits. In response to the growing trend in Butler County, ...

The highly addictive drug, manufactured almost exclusively by Mexican cartels, is more dangerous than ever. Its use has been surging across the country. Unlike fentanyl, there are no medicines that ...

Methamphetamine doesn't just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain—it also provokes damaging brain inflammation through similar mechanisms. Meth is ...

Whether the substance involved is crack cocaine or alcohol or a behavior such as gambling, the common denominator of all addictions is continued use despite the development of negative ...

A subtle shift was happening among clients at the north Minneapolis community drop-in center. For years, people seeking substance abuse services at Anything Helps reported using just one drug of ...

Meth killed more people than heroin in King County last year. That might surprise you—we talk a lot more about the opioid crisis than meth abuse—but if you start looking around, it’s not hard to see ...

University of Florida neuroscientists have made a mechanistic discovery that paves the way to test immune-modulating medicines as a potential tool to break the cycle of methamphetamine addiction.

Methamphetamine doesn’t just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain – it also provokes damaging brain inflammation through similar mechanisms. Meth ...