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 ...

Organized crime in Latin America is proving difficult to defeat with the kind of decapitation strategy apparently favored by ...

At a minimum two people die per day from overdoses in the state, a statistic that continues to plague Sen. Saud Anwar, who says the deaths are preventable. This is the second year Anwar, the co-chair ...

The man Westmoreland County prosecutors said bribed former Ligonier Valley Police Chief John Berger with pain pills and an award is now cooperating with authorities. Michael Hootman, 43, of Ligonier ...

Nursing homes misuse antipsychotic drugs for dementia patients, disguise practice as schizophrenia treatment, watchdog finds.

Relapsing after quitting cocaine is not simply a matter of willpower — it reflects physical changes in the brain, according to new research. Scientists have found that repeated cocaine use reshapes ...

While Cuba has a zero-tolerance policy on drugs, the use of drugs is on the rise across the island nation.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has been designated a “priority target” by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as ...

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is advocating for ibogaine, a psychedelic drug he says could treat addiction and mental health ...

Most of the genetic risk for developing a substance use disorder comes from genes that broadly affect how our brains process ...

A nonprofit aimed to support law enforcement while both on- and off-duty law enforcement officers will be present a unique ...