Drug Addiction

More than one quarter of high school seniors drive after using alcohol or marijuana, or ride with someone who has, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health.

Although many research studies suggest that less intelligent people are more likely to be addicts, you may be surprised to find out that teens with higher IQs may be apt to try drugs in the first place.

Despite the fame and fortune he received as a result of being a cast member on the show, he was privately dealing with an issue that plagues many Americans: Prescription drug addiction.

In response to an epidemic of overdose and deaths caused by opioid-based painkillers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed stronger safety language on labels of the drugs.

Teens in Clark County, Nevada are becoming addicted to heroin after first abusing prescription drugs found in the home like Oxycontin or Vicodin​, an investigation has found.

According to an investigation by the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting of state disciplinary records, from 2003 to 2013, 16 pharmacists and 41 pharmacy technicians lost their licenses for stealing drugs from pharmacy shelves or from the patients whose prescriptions they filled.

A new study counters that assertion, suggesting that the nature of the teenage brain makes users of marijuana amongst this age group particularly at risk of developing addictive behaviors.

Five years after a record low, the state of Ohio is seeing a strong resurgence of methamphetamine lab seizures. Fueled by a new and faster method of making the substance, use of the drug is growing faster than it has in several years.

The CVS drugstore chain has taken the unusual step of no longer honoring prescriptions written by medical professionals whom the company has found to have prescribed an excessive number of pain killers.

The new website, www.BitterPill.IN.gov, will offer information on where to go for help and how to properly dispose of expired or unwanted medication.

Every day millions of people get behind the wheel under the influence of strong prescription medications that can have dangerous consequences if used incorrectly.

A new study conducted by the alcohol awareness organization Drinkaware indicates that 39 percent of 10 to 17-year-olds have seen images of their friends drunk on social networking websites. More than one tenth of those children were under the age of 13.