While opioids have been involved in most of Alaska’s drug overdose deaths, another drug is a frequent contributor to those outcomes: methamphetamine. A little over half of the fatal overdoses in ...
Unlike with opioids, there is no medication to suppress cravings for meth and other stimulants. As use soars, hundreds of clinics are trying a radically different approach. Six months after a doctor ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday upheld the conviction of a man whose 1-year-old died after he left her alone in a bathtub while he slept off a methamphetamine high. David ...
Methamphetamine use , methamphetamine-related overdoses, and methamphetamine use disorder (MUD) are national problems that cause serious illness and death.. Making matters worse, methamphetamine is ...
I work as a felony prosecutor in a town where methamphetamine is our biggest narcotics problem. I’m also a big fan of Breaking Bad, but whenever I ask colleagues (particularly law-enforcement officers ...
Methamphetamine use has tripled in Wisconsin since 2011, according to a new study. The La Crosse area is seeing similar numbers. The study, which comes from the Wisconsin Department of Justice and the ...
There are currently no FDA-approved drugs for treating the disorder ...