As prescription drug abuse has grown in the US and Europe, the diversion of such treatments from legitimate sources has also increased. Ben Hargreaves speaks to an expert in the area to learn how ...

The widespread availability of these drugs, however, has also led to an increase in prescription drug abuse. In recent years, a growing number of students have begun to abuse prescription medications ...

To treat depression, the tech magnate has said he'd rather use ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic, than traditional antidepressants.

The police suspect the purpose was drug abuse. In November, they arrested four people in the area on suspicion of selling non-prescription drugs. Abuse of non-prescription drugs on the rise Abuse ...

According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, 3.8 percent of American adults abuse opioids each year. Heroin is a drug that comes from a flower, the opium poppy, which usually grows ...

In the 12 months after a nonfatal overdose, few Medicare beneficiaries receive medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) or fill a naloxone prescription.

An alarming number of teens in the United States are abusing painkillers for the first time each day, leading to millions of ...

but a change in classification would put it in the same category as prescription drugs like ketamine and anabolic steroids. Schedule I drugs have a high potential for abuse and have no accepted ...