The LA mayoral candidate and former reality TV star is fueling his campaign with fears about an ultra-potent meth. Experts say it’s drug war propaganda.

Methamphetamine use , methamphetamine-related overdoses, and methamphetamine use disorder (MUD) are national problems that cause serious illness and death.. Making matters worse, methamphetamine is ...

Jonathan Leyvas opened the lid of a dumpster on a hot July morning in Mesa, Arizona, hoping to find something useful or valuable inside. Like many people without homes in metro Phoenix, he lives day ...

Hyper-pure methamphetamine is a major driver of mental illness in Los Angeles and many other parts of the country.

Several million people are addicted to methamphetamines and also use tobacco, cannabis, alcohol, benzos, and opioids. Treatment is challenging. Mirtazapine could help.

A California study found one in six MIs in younger adults were tied to meth use, many of them with nonobstructive CAD.

Participants are given access to MRI scans so they can see the impact meth use has on their brain and heart for themselves.

Crystal meth was linked to one in six heart attacks treated at a hospital in California. Use of the highly addictive drug accounted for nearly 15% of heart attacks handled at the hospital over a ...

San Francisco's programs dealing with the city's epidemic of methamphetamine use are "just not working" effectively, a local nonprofit executive told a packed audience attending a town hall meeting on ...

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