Inmates with a history of drug use are at particular risk of dying from untreated sepsis in US prisons and jails, USA TODAY ...

In the late 19th century, opiates and cocaine were commonly prescribed by physicians for a wide range of ailments. Patent medicines frequently included morphine, laudanum, cocaine and heroin as key ...

For 70 years, politicians in both parties have fought an unwinnable war on drugs. In the latest chapter, the Biden Administration has labeled Mexican cartels the top criminal threat facing the U.S.

A recent New York Times opinion piece argues that the fentanyl crisis is rooted in the history of domestic drug markets and U ...

The Democrats weakened the borders, allowing Mexican drug cartels to smuggle fentanyl into the United States, where it ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Leading researchers from around the world will be at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo from June 27-29 for the 8th biennial meeting of ...

A 37-year-old Lakewood man described by federal prosecutors as the leader of a drug-trafficking organization with a decade-long history of moving methamphetamine into Washington has been sentenced to ...

Over the past year, Prince Harry has faced increased scrutiny over his history with illegal drug taking after making a number of revelations about his experiences and their effects in his hit memoir ...

Athletes, actors, politicians, and others often develop substance abuse disorders and some die from drug-related deaths. At the same time, their life history, drug use, and risk-taking shows the rest ...

After a surge fueled by the opioid epidemic and the spread of fentanyl, drug overdose deaths in the United States have begun to decline, as have nonfatal overdoses. The exact reasons for this drop ...