NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study suggests that a tendency toward delinquency or living in a neighborhood where drugs are readily available are just as important in determining whether a young ...

The nation's opioid crisis began with prescription pain killers — Vicodin, Oxycontin, norco and the like, that's what was killing people. When doctors stopped writing so many prescriptions, when ...

Acting Chief Justice, Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, has expressed deep concern over the rising cases of drug abuse among Ghanaian youth, questioning whether the older generation has failed in its responsibility ...

25% of Americans (70 million people) admitted they use illicit drugs, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use. 48.7 million people nationwide struggle with substance abuse according ...

In February, Oregon rolled out a nation-leading experiment in its approach to drug use. After decades of punishing users with arrest and potential jail time — an expensive approach that produced ...

Community advocates and health policy experts say they have more questions than answers when it comes to drug treatment legislation to be introduced this fall by the Saskatchewan government. Health ...

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There was a moment during the final press conference of this month's Vatican abuse summit that, for many observers, symbolizes a theme that ran throughout the meeting. Asked by a journalist about the ...