What will the federal government do about illicit drugs?” was a common question leading up to the 2024 presidential election.

A Washington State government working group is renewing its call for officials to take steps toward ensuring “a regulated, ...

Some think that the government shouldn’t try to reduce use, even if it could. If the amount of drug use is beyond control, the theory goes, it is better to bring that use out of dark corners so ...

NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS the stigma around drug addiction may be dissipating, as only a third of people believe those who are ...

In a quiet corner of Glasgow’s East End, a radical public health experiment is underway. For the first time in the United Kingdom, people who inject illicit drugs such as heroin and cocaine can do so ...

A team of pharmaceutical researchers at Novartis Biomedical Research, working with an international team of associates, has found that the drug mavoglurant can reduce use in people with cocaine ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services initiated three strategies (in March and July 2012 and in May 2013) to reduce the use of unnecessary antipsychotic medications in nursing homes, espec ...

The Licking County Health Department and Board of Commissioners announced Monday partnering on a program that seeks reducing drug use and fatal and nonfatal overdoses in the area. The partnership ...

The drug is now legal for medicinal and recreational use in 38 and 24 states, respectively, according to the Washington Post.However, there’s still no federal oversight and an inconsistent ...