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Why don't we have better treatment options for people addicted to meth? It's more complicated than you would think.

Methamphetamine use disorder is a neurological condition with well-documented effects on the brain. Meth floods dopamine pathways far beyond normal levels, damaging receptors tied to motivation, ...

The shift emerged rapidly. In 2021, the country’s two main sexual health hubs, in Suva and Lautoka, did not report a single HIV case transmitted through drug use. Three years later, people injecting ...

A decade ago, methamphetamine was a major problem in Texas and across the nation because of the availability of ephedrine and other cold medicines used to make the drug. After these cold medicines ...

A study published in the journal Psychopharmacology has found that the increase in motivation people experience from methamphetamine is separate from the drug’s ability to produce a euphoric high. The ...

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