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 ...

Apr. 18—A needs assessment that was completed late last year by the Montana Department of Justice, but has yet to be made public, provides insight into the state's battle with methamphetamine from the ...

U.S. law enforcement said it seized approximately $5 million in narcotics proceeds, 302 pounds of cocaine and 92 pounds of methamphetamine from the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel. (Justice Department ...

Changes in how methamphetamine trafficking is punished under federal law are being proposed this year to bring sentences more ...

(SALT LAKE CITY)—In addition to incurring serious dental problems, memory loss and other physical and mental issues, methamphetamine users are three times more at risk for getting Parkinson's disease ...

An experimental program through Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, which covers low-income people, is helping people get sober. It's part of an innovative approach called “contingency management ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Crimes stemming from methamphetamine use have been spreading in the Twin Cities and its surrounding suburbs, as more teenage users are attracted to the drug. An informal survey taken ...

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UB researchers have presented the first evidence that the addictive drug methamphetamine, or meth, also commonly known as "speed" or "crystal," increases production of a docking protein that promotes ...

A needs assessment that was completed late last year by the Montana Department of Justice, but has not been made public by Attorney General Austin Knudsen's office, provides insight into the state's ...

Here in the rugged foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada, the streets aren’t littered with needles, and dealers aren’t hustling drugs on the corner. But meth is almost as easy to come by as a hazy ...