Drug Addiction

Written by Sam Levinson, the controversial new HBO show stars Zendaya as a recovering teen drug addict.

Anxiety, depression and drug addiction are the leading problems in a deepening mental health crisis among America's young people.

This is a crisis—but we won’t find the remedy in more punitive measures that take us back to the war on drugs.

Canada's Public Health Agency estimated that around 4,000 people died from opioids last year.

It's known on the streets as "Katie," "KD" or "zombie."

"It means nothing if it has no funding to push it forward," Kennedy said.

Tramadol is legal in Britain with a proper prescription, but it's a banned substance in Egypt, where it's considered the country's most abused drug.

State-level regulations and local authorities have most of the say about how available a drug called naloxone is to the general public.

Albania is not only the highest per-capita cocaine user in the world, but a significant European exporter.

The human race has grappled with addiction for a very long time.

Indigenous Amazonians have used the psychoactive plant for centuries. Now, it has the attention of scientists and hipsters alike.

"There is no legitimate explanation for numbers on this scale," Cherokee Nation Attorney General Todd Hembree said in a statement.

We know of the time before crack. We are not yet in the time after.

Researchers say the new approach is ready for human trials.

'Every day that someone can't get treatment is a day they may no longer be able to see the end of.'

Despite fiery rhetoric, Trump's promises to get tough on drugs have only led to vague policy measures.

When law enforcement and physicians started cracking down on prescription opiates, they created scarcity in the marketplace. Enter heroin, which is now more affordable than prescription pain pills.

The penal system in Britain is in desperate need of reform, says Frances Crook OBE.

A substance with many names—K2, spice, synthetic marijuana—ropes in users by comparing itself to cannabis, but it's infinitely more unsafe.

Lawmakers plan to move the landmark bill to President Obama before the summer.

Prince was reportedly attempting to kick an addiction to painkillers days before his death.

Deaths from the synthetic opiate look like early signs of a lethal new chapter in the U.S.'s surging addiction crisis.

To combat the growing opioid addiction epidemic, federal health officials are telling doctors to exercise caution and closely monitor patients.

The presidential candidates are talking about the opioid epidemic that's ravaging places like New Hampshire but offering more sympathy than solutions.

A new mouse study identifies the way this drug kills neurons, as well as a possible antidote for its deadly effects.

Only 1 in 4 of them has received professional help.

When Amy Winehouse sang, "They tried to make me go to rehab; I said no, no, no," she spoke for addicts everywhere.

Nearly 3 out of every 10 Americans who use cannabis become addicted, according to a new study.

The superstar neuroscientist's lab work, though, is about saving the minds of America's addicted.

Law enforcement officials say the narcotic that caused 74 hospitalizations in three days last week likely contained fentanyl, a potent prescription painkiller.