A non-governmental organisation, Health Promotion for People With Addiction and Suicide, has partnered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Rotary Club of Yenagoa City Centre and Damaris Hotel ...

Mega Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center Psychologist Alpha Martin discusses the impact of drug abuse on users, their families, and the entire community. She also leaves advice on how to ...

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Atypical antipsychotics, though not typically considered drugs of abuse, are now being used to enhance the effects of other drugs or as a way to counter the adverse effects of ...

Addiction quickly becomes a lifestyle. An addicted person dedicates more and more of their attention to getting drugs, finding ways to use, and concealing their use from others. All of these ...

ORLANDO -- With attention focused on opioids and illicit drugs, the abuse potential of noncontrolled medications has flourished, according to a primary care practitioner who has worked extensively in ...

This post was coauthored by Gabriella P. Oettinger and Juan M. Dominguez, Ph.D. As we begin the new school year, the importance of understanding the challenges and risks that students face becomes ...

Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger and Prince are just a few of the many who have died from overdosing on drugs. However, it seems as though their deaths are not enough to instill change ...

Pink cocaine is a new designer drug. It’s typically a powdery mix of ketamine and illegal substances likely dyed with food coloring. Sometimes it may have a sweet smell, like strawberries. The drug, ...

I wanted to talk to an expert about the effects of drug abuse on children and families, but the National Institute on Drug Abuse demurred. “We do not have someone available for an interview,” press ...

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) joins the nationwide observance of the 2025 Drug Abuse Prevention and Control (DAPC) Week as the ...

Xylazine (pronounced zye-luh-zeen), commonly known as “tranq,” is a non-opioid medicine that veterinarians use to tranquilize (sedate), relieve pain, and relax muscles in animals like dogs, cats, and ...