Methamphetamine doesn't just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain—it ...

MATTOON — A presentation about the effects of methamphetamine use on families and children will be hosted Tuesday by the Coles County Meth Awareness Coalition. The presentation by Dr. Deanna St.

University of Florida neuroscientists have made a mechanistic discovery that paves the way to test immune-modulating ...

A new study published in the journal Science Signaling has found that an immune system protein plays a central role in the addictive mechanisms of methamphetamine. The findings suggest that tumor ...

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Everyone knows that meth addiction is hard on the addict. As it becomes more difficult to get the same feeling of euphoria and energy from meth, the addict will need to take the drug more and more ...

Editor’s note: We recently asked readers to send in their most burning questions about homelessness. One of the top questions was: Does addiction cause homelessness? This post is our first attempt to ...

There has been a long standing history of use of amphetamines in the U.S. since the 1930s and 40s. And methamphetamines (particularly the illicit drug methamphetamines hydrochloride) was popular in ...

Jonathan Leyvas opened the lid of a dumpster on a hot July morning in Mesa, hoping to find something useful or valuable inside. Like many unsheltered people in metro Phoenix, he lives day to day.

Though methamphetamine has impacted the Crow Tribe in southern Montana, the community is trying to rebuild after the drug's ...

Methamphetamine doesn’t just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain – it also provokes damaging brain inflammation through similar mechanisms. Meth ...