Methamphetamine addiction has a way of looping back on itself. A rush of pleasure pulls you in, cravings follow, and the brain learns that the drug is the fastest route to reward. Yet scientists still ...

Meth is a problem most everywhere, but particularly in Indian Country. In one small town on the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana, new buildings serve as symbols of a town trying to rebuild after ...

The pressing issue of methamphetamine addiction — especially within Florida’s LGBTQ+ community — has largely been overlooked. Florida is among the five states with the most meth users according to ...

University of Florida neuroscientists have made a mechanistic discovery that paves the way to test immune-modulating medicines as a potential tool to break the cycle of methamphetamine addiction. In a ...

Methamphetamine doesn't just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain—it ...

Methamphetamine doesn’t just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain – it also provokes damaging brain inflammation through similar mechanisms. Meth ...

July 29, 2011 — Abuse of methamphetamine or other amphetamine-type drugs (meth/amphetamine) significantly increases the risk of developing Parkinson's disease (PD), new research suggests. In a new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meth, also known as ice, is as addictive as it is damaging. FlashMovie/iStock via Getty Images Plus Methamphetamine doesn’t just ...

A pilot program in San Mateo County is testing out a new way of treating drug addiction, rewarding methamphetamine users who continue to stay clean with gift cards. Daniel Maldonado, who's recovering ...

University of Florida neuroscientists have made a mechanistic discovery that paves the way to test immune-modulating medicines as a potential tool to break the cycle of methamphetamine addiction. In a ...

Crystal methamphetamine is a synthetic stimulant that is easy and fairly inexpensive to manufacture. The ingredients are readily attainable over-the-counter products such as ephedrine and drain ...

Roughly 1.6 million people reported using methamphetamine in the past year, according to data from the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Brent and Ashley Walker used to be part of that ...