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 ...

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OLYMPIA -- After years of targeting home-based methamphetamine laboratories, state and law enforcement officials are shifting focus, taking aim at meth addicts themselves. Attorney General Rob McKenna ...

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 ...

Methamphetamine is New Zealand's most harmful illicit drug and wastewater testing shows its use and availability are on the rise. Much of the harm results from reckless and impulsive ...

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.

Fiji's HIV cases are surging, with 1,583 new infections in 2024 as crystal meth use and unsafe injection practices fuel ...

Those who use methamphetamine for long periods can also suffer weight loss, severe tooth decay and tooth loss. Chronic users also sometimes have skin sores from picking and scratching at their skin, ...

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 ...