Methamphetamine is a potent synthetic stimulant that affects the central nervous system. It is highly addictive and can cause serious health complications for people who use it, both short and ...

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 ...

Editor's note: As Pennington County firms up plans to relocate and expand its local drug and alcohol detoxification center known as "detox," the Rapid City Journal is publishing a two-part series on ...

Millions of U.S. drug users now are addicted to several substances, not just opioids like fentanyl and heroin. The shift is making treatment far more difficult. Most people addicted to opioids also ...

Paul was a Senior Legal Research Fellow in the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. In 2022, approximately 1.6 million Americans aged 12 and older reported suffering ...

Winnipeg is preparing to open a new facility designed to hold people who are high on meth and other long-lasting illicit drugs. Melissa Ridgen explains what Manitoba's government is trying to achieve ...