Indiana took additional steps to strengthen its fight against methamphetamine use Thursday as Gov. Mitch Daniels announced formation of the Meth Free Indiana Coalition. The collaborative effort among ...

a Spanish-language advertising campaign last summer that the group hopes will appeal to both Hispanic teenagers and their parents and lead to candid discussions. One ad, for example, shows a young ...

IMPERIAL, Mo. - Jefferson County sheriff's Deputy Larry Michaels has tried everything to teach high school students about the dangers of drugs and alcohol - but nothing has held their attention quite ...

Methamphetamine use is no secret. The addictive stimulant is a fixture in popular culture, on the big screen (“Winter’s Bone”) and the small (“Breaking Bad”). But when officials talk about the ...

An intriguing experiment in drug treatment is quietly unfolding in the Bay Area. The idea? Rewarding methamphetamine users who get clean with gift cards to Burger King, Walmart and other stores. Drug ...

Bernard Groves has spent five years trying to quit methamphetamine. He lost his job. He lost his car. He nearly lost his apartment. Worse than that, he says, his addiction has hurt his family. “I went ...

No medication is approved to treat addiction to either methamphetamine or cocaine. But the Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to fill that glaring gap in addiction medicine. The agency on ...

Boevers Elementary School will host a new methamphetamine prevention program Monday in conjunction with Red Ribbon Week, a national drug awareness campaign that schools from across the country ...

Methamphetamine doesn't just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain—it also provokes damaging brain inflammation through similar mechanisms. Meth is ...

ST. PAUL - Ryan Lewis has plenty of time to think about how to slow methamphetamine's explosive growth. He has thought about it for nearly four years and has at least 2½ years more he can spend on the ...

Methamphetamine, or meth, is known for giving people a “rush” or “high” of good feelings. This sensation only lasts a short while — often a few minutes — but the drug itself can stay in your body for ...