Young adults may suffer strokes when using cocaine, meth, and even cannabis, and the onset may be shortly after drug use and is directly linked to these drugs.

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

Kratom is becoming more common in the U.S., but a national study says only around 19% of adults are aware of what kratom is.

Reports of Elon Musk’s drug use have renewed attention to ketamine, a powerful anesthetic. By Andrew Jacobs and Jacey Fortin News reports detailing Elon Musk’s drug use have prompted renewed attention ...

Paris Jackson has been clean and sober for nearly six years — but some side effects of drug use leave a permanent mark. Michael Jackson’s daughter recently took to TikTok to reveal the issue that’s ...

“Bath salts” is a term for a group of illegal drugs known as synthetic cathinones. Some people take them to experience euphoria. They can cause severe psychological and neurological problems. While ...

A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn’t use a patch. He ...