For people who study the opioid epidemic, 2025 marks a grim anniversary: It has been 30 years since the Food and Drug ...

The prevalence of diagnosed disorders from recurrent use of sedative, hypnotic and antianxiety medications in adolescents and young adults has increased sharply since 2001, according to Rutgers Health ...

(CBS DETROIT) – A Michigan man has been sentenced to 70 months in prison on charges relating to illegally selling prescription medication and counterfeit drugs on the dark web. Erik Miller ...

Research from Monash University revealed that 1.9 million Australian adults begin taking prescription opioids every year, and around 50,000 of those become long-term users. Alarmingly, deaths ...

Myanmar, with a population of about 54 million people, has long been a narcotics-producing powerhouse, with drugs fuelling and financing decades of internal conflict and authorities turning a ...

Addiction to anything makes you selfish, and when you exhibit that behavior, it puts other people off and pushes them away. If you get a lift from drinking or taking drugs, ask some (sober ...

Starting Jan. 1, 2025, millions of Americans who get their prescription drugs through Medicare could get a major financial break when a $2,000 out-of-pocket spending cap on medications goes into ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. U.S. Overdose Deaths Decrease in 2023, First Time Since 2018. National Institute on Drug Abuse. What classes of prescription drugs are commonly misused?

This is when there are signs of addiction because of a mother taking legal or illegal drugs during pregnancy. The health boards reporting the most cases were NHS Lothian with 774, NHS Grampian ...

The epidemic is fueled by painkiller misuse, or taking prescription drugs in a manner other than what is prescribed. To discover where painkiller abuse is the most rampant, addiction resource ...