More than half of the overdose deaths in King County this year involve not only fentanyl, but methamphetamine. While the fentanyl epidemic in Washington receives a lot of attention because it’s so ...

Data from Australia’s wastewater drug monitoring program suggests methamphetamine use (also known as speed, ice or crystal meth) is at a record high. Cocaine is also up. MDMA may be levelling off.

Methamphetamine use , methamphetamine-related overdoses, and methamphetamine use disorder (MUD) are national problems that cause serious illness and death.. Making matters worse, methamphetamine is ...

Jonathan Leyvas opened the lid of a dumpster on a hot July morning in Mesa, Arizona, hoping to find something useful or valuable inside. Like many people without homes in metro Phoenix, he lives day ...

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 [to lunch] with my auntie and I saw such sadness in her eyes,” ...

Hyper-pure methamphetamine is a major driver of mental illness in Los Angeles and many other parts of the country.

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 ...

A Harrisonburg-based coalition is working to combat methamphetamine use offering “a beacon of hope” to combat the crisis. In an area once called the “methamphetamine capital of the East Coast,” the ...

Just as the slow drip of acid gradually corrodes metal, illicit use of methamphetamine eats away at one’s body, soul, mind, and life. Meth’s legitimate uses are few, and its harms are many. It ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - One man will spend the next 10 years behind bars after he admitted to investigators he had been using meth and crashed as a fire broke out in his Kansas City home and killed ...

SAN ANTONIO – A woman has been arrested for allegedly endangering her children while using methamphetamine, according to San Antonio police. On Friday, staff at a motel in the 6900 block of N ...

Consumption is at a record high along with that of cocaine, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission figures show ...