The Kern County Coroner’s Office has identified the man who was found dead in June. The Bakersfield Police Department found 32-year-old Hector Erik Rivera Jr. deceased on ...

Many Americans would resist using tax dollars to pay people to stay sober. But that's the approach the data suggest.

Nationally, overdose deaths are falling. But not in Arizona. Source: Times analysis of C.D.C. data. Drug deaths in the U.S.

AS in the rest of the world, there is growing concern in Guyana over the way in which synthetic drugs seem to be replacing traditional illicit narcotics. Compounding this issue is the fact that some ...

A judge sentenced Lawrence Gabaldon to 38 years in prison Friday after a jury convicted him in the meth exposure death of his ...

Assessing reduced stimulant use in clinical trials may reveal treatment benefits for cocaine and methamphetamine use disorders.

On the morning of March 13, Afghan immigrant Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal was taken into custody while preparing to take his ...

One person has died and multiple people have overdosed across Victoria, leading to the discovery of heroin in substances thought to be methamphetamine or cocaine.

A year-long Police investigation has dismantled a criminal operation, allegedly manufacturing and supplying methamphetamine in remote parts of the Far North. Operation Phoenix, led by the National ...

Methamphetamine—more commonly known as meth, crystal or ice—is a highly addictive, stimulant drug. An estimated 7.4 million people in the world are dependent on it or "addicted" to it. They face ...

Police in Colorado are investigating after, they say, a family's pooches were sickened by methamphetamine-laced hot dogs placed in their backyard going back months. Subscribe to read this story ...