During that time, drug overdose deaths decreased by 4% nationwide, marking the first time overdose deaths declined since the ...

According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, 3.8 percent of American adults abuse opioids each year. Heroin is a drug that comes from a flower, the opium poppy, which usually grows ...

Rates of drug overdose deaths decreased in the U.S. for the first time since the pandemic began, according to new federal ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Close to 200,000 drug abuse and addiction cases were recorded last year, says the Home Ministry. Home Minister ...

It can also range from mild to severe. Substance use disorder, formerly known as “drug abuse,” develops when substance use interferes with the ability to function day to day. Substance use ...

There are legitimate grounds for differences of opinion about how best to reduce drug abuse, promote strong communities ... rather than illuminate the facts. Mandatory minimum sentencing laws ...

A drug called buprenorphine may be the best tool doctors have to fight the fentanyl crisis. Why hasn’t it been more widely ...

The math checks out! According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, 0.002 grams of fentanyl is a lethal dose, and 21,000 pounds is 9,525,440 grams, or about 4.8 billion lethal doses.

Kelantan has recorded the highest rate of drug abuse in Malaysia, with 1,130 cases per 100,000 residents, according to ...

Kelantan had the highest number of drug addicts in 2024, according to home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail. In a written ...

The rise in drug abuse, HIV cases and homelessness among Fiji’s youth population has become a growing crisis and the ...