Many youths are taking drugs out of curiosity or under peer influence, with a significant number obtaining the substances themselves, according to a recent government study on youth behaviour.

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call addiction. We now know that addiction is largely a brain ...

GRAND FORKS - The way law enforcement officials describe it, prescription drugs are so common among young people in the Grand Forks region now that they are practically a form of currency. Pills are being traded for marijuana, favors, gas money or other pills.

The St. Louis County Police in Wildwood launched a drug disposal campaign to safely collect unused prescription drugs.

PORTLAND, Oregon — In an alarming story this week, KGW news partner KOBI broke the news that Medford police are investigating allegations that a nurse at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center caused the deaths of multiple patients by injecting them with ...

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Many youths are taking drugs out of curiosity or under peer influence, with a significant number obtaining substances themselves, according to a recent government study on youth behaviour.

Last Saturday, October 28, the actor Matthew Perry died in his hot tub. Best known for playing Chandler Bing on the sitcom Friends, since the show ended he'd become almost as famous as a celebrity addict who very publicly struggled with substance abuse ...

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) joins the nationwide observance of the 2025 Drug Abuse Prevention and Control (DAPC) Week as the

Marwa was speaking at a two-day Drug Prevention, Treatment and Care (DPTC) Training and Sensitisation on Dangers of Drug Abuse organised for VGN members.

The discharge and prevalence of psychoactive drugs in surface waters has raised concerns about potential risks to ecosystems and public health. Yet there is limited information on the ecotoxicity of these compounds in marine environments and aquaculture.