25% of Americans (70 million people) admitted they use illicit drugs, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use. 48.7 million people nationwide struggle with substance abuse according ...

Young adults may suffer strokes when using cocaine, meth, and even cannabis, and the onset may be shortly after drug use and is directly linked to these drugs.

While the sale and use of illegal and illicit drugs has long been a problem in rural upstate New York, local law enforcement and health officials say the problem has grown rapidly in recent years. The ...

WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials are investigating sometimes-deadly overdoses with common anti-diarrhea drugs, a bizarre manifestation of the nation's drug abuse problem. The primary ingredient ...

Prescription drug abuse, and specifically the abuse of opioid pain relievers, is a national epidemic. The state of Ohio has been hit particularly hard, and Attorney General Richard Michael (Mike) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drug abuse is an ever-prevalent issue in the U.S., and in 2024 there were over 80,670 drug overdose-related deaths. Now, the ...