A surge in prescription drug abuse cases is fueling fears that more D.C. metro-area teenagers are breaking into parents’ medicine cabinets and trying friends’ pills to get what’s perceived as a ...

Your doctor prescribes medicine, and you take it as directed. That’s how it’s supposed to go. If you take prescription drugs for another reason, such as to get high, that’s abuse. Prescription drug ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Abuse of prescription drugs is growing rapidly around the world, with more people abusing legal narcotics than heroin, cocaine and ecstasy combined, the United Nations global drugs ...

Marijuana was downgraded from a Schedule I drug to a Schedule III drug on Thursday. The reclassification does not legalize cannabis, but it does ease restrictions on the substance and allows for more ...

(Reuters) - U.S. state, federal and local authorities across the United States are struggling to contain a rising tide of prescription drug abuse, which federal data show is now the single-biggest ...

The Indiana State Police is partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for the 27th annual Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The nationwide event aims at preventing prescription drug ...

A Conroe mother and her two sons were allegedly caught after investigators say they visited dozens of doctors and pharmacies ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Indiana State Police will participate in Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. The Drug Enforcement Administration is sponsoring the 27th nationwide prescription drug take back ...

The statewide prescription drug monitoring program has taken effect. The goal is to reduce the misuse of prescription drugs. Missouri launched a statewide prescription drug monitoring program ...

SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) - Keeping drugs safe at home means proper use, safe storage and most importantly keeping them out of the hands of people that will misuse them, so Lowcountry health ...

The Frenchwoman who became a feminist icon came to confront one of the men convicted after her husband drugged her and invited them to rape her over nearly 10 years. By Catherine Porter Readers ...