CALGARY — The Alberta government announced Friday it's shutting down the province's first-ever supervised drug consumption ...

Nearly five years after first announcing its plans to close the supervised consumption site at the Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre, the Alberta government set a date to close the site later this year ...

Young adults may suffer strokes when using cocaine, meth, and even cannabis, and the onset may be shortly after drug use and is directly linked to these drugs.

Early evidence suggests GLP-1s were linked to lower risks of developing substance use disorders — from alcohol to opioids — and to fewer overdoses and deaths in people with existing addictions.

The blockbuster GLP-1 drugs that have reshaped the treatment of diabetes and obesity may help prevent multiple substance use ...

A local high school student is fighting to prevent substance abuse and educate the community through his nonprofit organization. Pavan Subramani, a junior at Morgantown High School, recently founded ...

When considering the drugs most likely to cause former addicts to repeatedly relapse, opioids, cocaine, and methamphetamine ...

Fentanyl-related overdose deaths fell by nearly 30 per cent in the space of a year in the US, which could represent a ...

First-person stories of drug addiction, hope, healing, and recovery. Addiction is a complex and often misunderstood condition. This gripping special provides raw, unfiltered access to first-person ...

There is new evidence that drugs like Ozempic can reduce a person's risk of addiction. A large study found that people who started taking GLP-1 drugs for weight loss or diabetes were less likely to ...

A large study of data from Veterans Affairs finds that people on GLP-1 drugs were less likely to develop substance abuse disorder or overdose. There is new evidence that drugs like Ozempic can reduce ...