Rates of heart failure associated with the growing illicit use of the stimulant drug methamphetamine, or meth for short, are rising worldwide and now affect a wide range of socio-economic and racial ...

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, it was not unusual to hear people call Missouri the "meth capital of America" due to the ...

Meth releases a surge of dopamine, causing an intense rush of pleasure or prolonged sense of euphoria. Over time, meth destroys dopamine receptors, making it impossible to feel pleasure. Although ...

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Amelia and her roommate had been awake for two days straight. They decided to spray-paint the bathroom hot pink. After that, they laid into building and rebuilding the pens for the nine pit bull ...

It's a drug that's so destructive - the downward spiral into addiction is evident in simple police mug shots. It's a drug that can be made with ingredients from the local pharmacy and cooked in home ...

A former meth addict who used it to “take away problems” has detailed her stunning transformation after beating the drug and becoming a social media sensation. Emma Corlett from Auckland, New Zealand, ...

Methamphetamine, an illegal drug that sends the body into overdrive, is surging through the United States. Federal drug data provided exclusively to NPR show seizures of meth by authorities have ...

When Haas was 24, her doctor prescribed OxyContin for back pain. She quickly progressed to heroin – and then to methamphetamines. Now 30 and in recovery, she described the grip that meth had over her ...

Heroin, or opiate, withdrawal is the gold standard of addiction withdrawal. Imagine the worst flu of your life and then imagine knowing that taking a hit of this stuff will make it all better. Think ...

September, Fiji's government declared a national emergency because of a startling rise in HIV infections. The country's ...