The Secretary of Health and Human services, now 72, made a flippant admission last week that he isn’t afraid of germs because he “used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats,” but his use of illegal ...

The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has brought attention to a grim reality of drug abuse in America — most notably with the increasing use of heroin. Hoffman was found dead in his apartment on ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Until we stop framing all drug use and every overdose as problems of “addiction” and “substance use disorders,” we ...

Different substances also carry different dangers. Stimulants such as cocaine, methamphetamine and synthetic cathinones or ...

The nation’s heroin epidemic cost the U.S. approximately $51 billion in 2015, according to a study published in PLOS One. To create an estimate of the fiscal burden of heroin use on a national level, ...

Nationally, it looks like heroin use has stayed relatively level, but use of the drug on my front porch has skyrocketed 100 percent during the past 24 hours. My roommate found a dirty syringe on our ...

Heroin use is associated with excessive histone acetylation, an epigenetic process that regulates gene expression, and more years of drug use correlate with higher levels of hyperacetylation, ...

Teen use of alcohol, nicotine, and marijuana remains at record lows, according to national survey results released Wednesday. They consume a lot of energy drinks, though. And there are slight, but ...