Peer Pressure: Among teenagers and youths, peer pressure is a prominent cause of drug abuse. The desire to fit in and gain social acceptance can lead individuals to experiment with substances they ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — For more than two decades, staff at the Grand Rapids Red Project have been working to reduce the negative consequences associated with illegal drug use. “We like to center ...

Euphoria—the most tweeted-about TV show of the decade in the U.S.—has thrust teenage drug use into the cultural spotlight. The HBO show follows 17-year-old Rue Bennett, a sweet but troubled teen ...

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 ...

Four days after Christmas 2020, Hannah Moore felt horror like no other when she awoke to find her 2-month-old daughter’s cold, lifeless body nestled next to her in bed, inches away from her other two ...

Drug abuse among Nigerian youths has reached epidemic levels, with one in every seven Nigerians between ages 15 and 64 identified as a drug user, nearly three times the global average. Experts say the ...

In this report, Vincent Kuraun examines substance abuse as a growing national crisis with serious psychological and social consequences. The widespread misuse of drugs and alcohol is increasingly ...