Fiji's HIV cases are surging, with 1,583 new infections in 2024 as crystal meth use and unsafe injection practices fuel ...
Methamphetamine addiction has a way of looping back on itself. A rush of pleasure pulls you in, cravings follow, and the brain learns that the drug is the fastest route to reward. Yet scientists still ...
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 ...
THE UPCOUNTRY, S.C. - Erika Haas calls it "the pull." When Haas was 24, her doctor prescribed OxyContin for back pain. She quickly progressed to heroin - and then to methamphetamines. Now 30 and in ...