A man demonstrates lighting up a freebase methamphetamine pipe. (Photo by Younes Mohammad / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by YOUNES MOHAMMAD/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty ...

July 29, 2011 — Abuse of methamphetamine or other amphetamine-type drugs (meth/amphetamine) significantly increases the risk of developing Parkinson's disease (PD), new research suggests. In a new ...

When it comes to treating methamphetamine addiction, the use of behavioral incentives is settled science. Offering financial rewards, like gift cards, to people who demonstrate that they’ve reduced or ...

Millions of people use methamphetamine in the United States, and overdoses involving the drug have been rising over the last decade. But while we have a veritable armory of tools to help with other ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A recent documentary on "Vice News" highlighted the methamphetamine addiction problems among Fresno's homeless. A homeless woman Action News talked with named Katherine told ...

Methamphetamine now kills more Arkansans than fentanyl, data on overdoses shows, with experts saying awareness efforts and the availability of a drug that can reverse opioid overdoses have caused ...

The pressing issue of methamphetamine addiction — especially within Florida’s LGBTQ+ community — has largely been overlooked. Florida is among the five states with the most meth users according to ...

Policymakers in California embrace a proven but unorthodox treatment for meth and cocaine addiction: Give people gift cards to stay off the drugs. Bernard Groves has spent five years trying to quit ...

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - AUGUST 19: Detective Paul Baker holds two rocks of crystal meth with a street value of NZD$83,000 alongside firearms that were confiscated as part of Operation Slab at the ...

Dopamine brings on a surge of pleasure, but too much dopamine in a synapse can ultimately lead to mood disorders and addiction. A recent preclinical study published in The FASEB Journal suggests that ...

Though overdose deaths continue to surge, there is no approved medication to treat methamphetamine use disorder. Now, an experimental two-drug therapy has yielded promising results, UCLA researchers ...