GREENSBORO, N.C. (WFMY) -- More than 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2017, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Heroin has become an epidemic around the nation and in North ...

Unlike with opioids, there is no medication to suppress cravings for meth and other stimulants. As use soars, hundreds of clinics are trying a radically different approach. Six months after a doctor ...

GREAT FALLS - Women make up a growing percentage of people being treated for methamphetamine addiction in Montana, new state health figures show. Health and addiction experts say the increase could be ...

Background: The self-help groups Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) are very well established. AA and NA employ a 12-step program and are found in most large cities around the ...

In Lodge Grass, an estimated 60% of the residents age 14 and older struggle with drug or alcohol addictions. But signs of ...

Live from WYFF 4 studios, Chronicle: State of Addiction was a community event that featured law enforcement and addiction specialists answering viewer questions and discussing issues and solutions ...

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 ...

Drug related deaths have been the highest since records began in 1993, with the latest ONS (Office National Statistics) figures showing that 5,448 people died in England and Wales from substance ...

Methamphetamine use disorder (MUD) was associated with significantly lower levels of serum melatonin and disrupted circadian patterns compared with not having MUD, a new study showed. Melatonin levels ...

A grandma who spent 15 years on meth now looks unrecognisable after finally getting clean. Shannon Hughes, 46, started using methamphetamine when her daughter, Mistena Renteria-Elliott, 26, was ...

TRUMANN, Ark. - It's being called one of the biggest drug busts in the history of northeastern Arkansas: The FBI announced on Tuesday the indictments of 21 people accused of distributing ...