Police in Central Luzon seized more than PHP1.7 million worth of suspected shabu and arrested several high-value suspects in ...

THE PHILIPPINES remains under heightened threat of money laundering due to the prevalence of crimes such as drug trafficking, financial fraud and tax evasion, a study by the Anti-Money Laundering ...

The Cebu City Government, through the Cebu City Office for Substance Abuse Prevention (COSAP), has adopted a new approach to drug rehabilitation with the launch of its first Department of Health ...

Last April, neuroscientist Sue Grigson received an e-mail from a man detailing his years-long struggle to kick addiction — first to opioids, and then to the very medication meant to help him quit. The ...

“Bath salts” is a term for a group of illegal drugs known as synthetic cathinones. Some people take them to experience euphoria. They can cause severe psychological and neurological problems. While ...

GLP-1 drugs, originally developed for diabetes and obesity, may also curb addictive behaviors by acting on reward circuits in the brain. Early trials show reductions in alcohol intake, opioid seeking, ...

The Supreme Court will decide whether people addicted to “controlled substances” can own firearms, as justices announced Monday they will consider whether federal rules that prohibit drug users from ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer. Jessica Massarone couldn’t concentrate in primary school: She was too preoccupied with her parents’ struggles with drug addiction. Sometimes, she’d find ...

Mississippi has just declared a public health emergency involving an alarming rise in infant mortality rates. Between 2023 and 2024, deaths of children under age one rose to 9.7 per 1,000 live births ...

SEATTLE — A medication originally designed to treat diabetes is showing unexpected promise in fighting addiction. Medications like Ozempic, already popular for weight loss, may help reduce cravings ...

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Drug abuse among Nigerian youths has reached epidemic levels, with one in every seven Nigerians between ages 15 and 64 identified as a drug user, nearly three times the global average. Experts say the ...