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 ...

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 ...

A study published in the Journal of Experimental Biology on July 6 found that drugs such as methamphetamines that make their way into the world’s waterways through human waste can actually cause fish ...

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 ...

But on meth, he said, there was a dark side, behavior he describes as manipulative and "dangerously self-destructive." He recalled how, when she missed her eldest son's eighth-grade graduation last ...

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 ...

CHICAGO - The first study to look at methamphetamine's potential lasting effects on children whose mothers used it in pregnancy finds these kids at higher risk for behavior problems than other ...

Without her mother, Stacy Sullivan-Jones wouldn't have ever overcome a 17-year addiction to methamphetamine. Without her mother, Sullivan-Jones wouldn't have ever gotten high. Her mother, Karen ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When expectant moms use methamphetamine, their kids may be at greater risk of behavioral and emotional problems by kindergarten, a new study finds. Researchers found that ...

COLUMBUS - Sometimes it's easy for state troopers to find methamphetamine labs. They just look for the fire. That's because many of the chemicals used to manufacture the drug are flammable, said ...