It can occur with prescription or nonprescription drugs. It can also range from mild to severe. Substance use disorder, formerly known as “drug abuse,” develops when substance use interferes ...

Activist Jolovan Wham was charged on 3 February with five counts of attending public assemblies without a permit, related to vigils held for drug traffickers executed between 2022 and 2023. Wham’s ...

The authors surveyed nearly 350 people about how many attempts it took to quit a substance before they were finally able to maintain their sobriety - revealing which drugs could be the most addicting.

A few decades ago, American literature came in limited flavours. There was African-American, Southern, Jewish, and sometimes Italian. Irish was rare. The House on Mango Street helped cement ...

Criticism over how the Chinese government buys drugs for its public health care system has ignited frustration over the quality of medicine. By Alexandra Stevenson and Zixu Wang Reporting from ...

It’s time to move on from treating heroin as Europe’s main drug problem, according to the head of the European Union’s drugs agency. That’s not to say heroin isn’t still a major problem.