For the first time, methamphetamines and cocaine have overtaken heroin and prescription opioids in illicit drug use involving fentanyl nationwide and in nearly every state, a new report suggested. The ...

When it comes to treating methamphetamine addiction, the use of behavioral incentives is settled science. Offering financial rewards, like gift cards, to people who demonstrate that they’ve reduced or ...

New research has found methamphetamine use is a significant factor in the rising rate of heart attacks among young adults, accounting for nearly 15% of acute coronary syndrome cases in a California ...

Methamphetamine now kills more Arkansans than fentanyl, data on overdoses shows, with experts saying awareness efforts and the availability of a drug that can reverse opioid overdoses have caused ...

Use of the antidepressant mirtazapine in routine clinical practice reduced methamphetamine use in adults with methamphetamine use disorder, a phase III randomized trial showed. In participants who ...

The devastating stimulant has been hitting Portland, Maine hard, even competing with fentanyl as the street drug of choice. Although a fentanyl overdose can be reversed with Narcan, no medicine can ...

Methamphetamine use is no secret. The addictive stimulant is a fixture in popular culture, on the big screen (“Winter’s Bone”) and the small (“Breaking Bad”). But when officials talk about the ...

A placebo-controlled trial showed that use of the antidepressant mirtazapine in routine clinical practice reduced methamphetamine use in adults with methamphetamine use disorder. There were no ...