Jonathan Leyvas opened the lid of a dumpster on a hot July morning in Mesa, Arizona, hoping to find something useful or valuable inside. Like many people without homes in metro Phoenix, he lives day ...

Methamphetamine use , methamphetamine-related overdoses, and methamphetamine use disorder (MUD) are national problems that cause serious illness and death.. Making matters worse, methamphetamine is ...

In the wake of the tragic Reiner murders, here's what to know about how methamphetamines and other drugs can affect chronic users.

Nov. 2, 2005 — -- Hattie Tysver, now 18, took her first snort of meth when she was 15. Tysver -- who lives in the town of Fergus Falls, Minn., population 15,000 -- was a good student but admits ...

Jonathan Leyvas opened the lid of a dumpster on a hot July morning in Mesa, hoping to find something useful or valuable inside. Like many unsheltered people in metro Phoenix, he lives day to day.

Methamphetamine use is no secret. The addictive stimulant is a fixture in popular culture, on the big screen (“Winter’s Bone”) and the small (“Breaking Bad”). But when officials talk about the ...

Medical experts: Admissions of supposed Obama plot fits user behavior. August 28, 2008— -- One of the men investigated for allegedly threatening presidential candidate Barack Obama's life while ...

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Crimes stemming from methamphetamine use have been spreading in the Twin Cities and its surrounding suburbs, as more teenage users are attracted to the drug. An informal survey taken ...

Here in the rugged foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada, the streets aren’t littered with needles, and dealers aren’t hustling drugs on the corner. But meth is almost as easy to come by as a hazy ...