Drug awareness programs targeted at highschoolers are embedded into modern culture; DARE, Just Say No, and the BioMed Central ...

25% of Americans (70 million people) admitted they use illicit drugs, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use. 48.7 million people nationwide struggle with substance abuse according ...

Dr. Nora Volkow, who leads the National Institutes of Drug Abuse, would like the public to know things are getting better. Mostly. By Matt Richtel Historically speaking, it’s not a bad time to be the ...

An old drug has taken on new popularity — and it has doctors concerned. “We walk into the president's chambers (at the fraternity) … and there’s three dudes carrying, like, Butane tanks,” Hurley said.

Prescription drug abuse is all over the headlines these days. The untimely death of actor Heath Ledger, caused by accidental overdose of six different prescription drugs, has raised awareness of this ...

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

From Scholastica Hir, MakurdiThe Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has warned that drug abuse, hate speech and campus ...

In the sweltering heat of Lagos, Seun’s story could be anyone’s in Nigeria’s rising tide of drug abuse. The 32-year-old began his experimentation with substances at a casual party on Eleko Beach, ...