A new approach is urgently needed to address the prevention and treatment of speedballing, the risky—and often ...

Speedballing—the practice of combining a stimulant like cocaine or methamphetamine with an opioid such as heroin or ...

The use of cocaine across Ireland has become an “epidemic,” the Taoiseach has said. Micheál Martin noted there is a growing ...

There is no shortage of tragic stories from the cocaine epidemic of the 1980s. The highly-addictive narcotic was showing up ...

A surge in cocaine use, a rise in methamphetamine deaths and a worsening fentanyl epidemic were all among the top concerns ...

In a stark warning on the state of the world’s drug crisis, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has revealed that global cocaine production surged to an unprecedented all-time high in ...

Dive into the dark history of the crack epidemic that hit the United States in the early 1980s. Explore its roots in socio-economic struggles, failed policies, and racial disparities. Uncover a story ...

The Tube's crime epidemic was laid bare this week after photos emerged of a 'dirty, scuffy-looking' male lighting a metal pipe on a carriage.

The mix of stimulants such as cocaine and methamphetamines with fentanyl -- a synthetic opioid 50 times as powerful as heroin -- is driving what experts call the opioid epidemic's " fourth wave." ...

Thom Carroll/For PhillyVoice The mix of stimulants like cocaine and methamphetamines with fentanyl is driving the opioid epidemic's 'fourth wave,' because many stimulant users don't know they are ...

The mix of stimulants such as cocaine and methamphetamines with fentanyl is driving what experts call the opioid epidemic’s “fourth wave.” ...