Methamphetamine use is on the rise, and Kerre Woodham is wondering why people still use it despite knowing all the harm it ...

Four people were sentenced to prison for a meth trafficking operation in eastern Oregon and southwest Idaho, according to the ...

For the first time, people who want to stop using crystal methamphetamine may be able to treat their addiction with a cheap and readily available medication, say researchers at the National Drug and ...

Methamphetamine—more commonly known as meth, crystal or ice—is a highly addictive, stimulant drug. An estimated 7.4 million people in the world are dependent on it or "addicted" to it. They face ...

Methamphetamine use disorder is a neurological condition with well-documented effects on the brain. Meth floods dopamine pathways far beyond normal levels, damaging receptors tied to motivation, ...

Meth use accounted for about 1 in 6 heart attacks during the period reviewed. People who used meth and had a heart attack were younger (median age 52 years) and were more likely to be male compared to ...

Methamphetamine use disorder (MUD) remains one of the most underserved disorders in addiction medicine, largely because there are no FDA-approved medications for its treatment—yet. The 2024 National ...

I work as a felony prosecutor in a town where methamphetamine is our biggest narcotics problem. I’m also a big fan of Breaking Bad, but whenever I ask colleagues (particularly law-enforcement officers ...

A noteworthy shift in how people use illegal drugs has emerged among visitors to syringe-services programs in Washington state, according to a newly released health survey. In 2021, 93% of respondents ...

Drug harm reduction advocates says there is little evidence that methamphetamine is more harmful in the ACT since being ...

Overdose deaths dropped in Colorado in 2024, alongside the rest of the country, and the start of 2025 looked reasonably bright. Then March hit. Within Denver, 63 people died of overdoses that month, ...