The UK's first safe drug consumption facility was due to open in October, but has been pushed back. A man and a woman were arrested after hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of the drug were found.

But a generic version (and the active ingredient) of this popular medication, sildenafil, is widely available from several drug manufacturers at a fraction of the cost. Here’s more about this ...

Ms. Szalavitz is a contributing Opinion writer who covers addiction and public policy. Drug overdose deaths in the United States fell by an estimated 14.5 percent from June 2023 to June 2024 ...

LOS ANGELES—America’s drug crisis has many survivors. Jerry Schlesinger, 72, is among the longest tenured. He tried heroin at 15. Today, he has been sober for two years. In between ...

In the 1990s, overprescribing by doctors, along with aggressive and deceptive drug marketing by pharmaceutical companies, led to a deadly and ongoing opioid epidemic that has killed more than ...

Tretinoin is the generic name for synthetic vitamin A. It is sold under many different brand names. Retin-A is one of those brand names which shouldn’t be confused with retinol. Let’s take a ...

TWO beauticians were busted trying to smuggle £6,500 worth of cocaine and ecstasy into a top dance festival. Erin Hobdell, 21, from Crookston, Glasgow, and Kira McNicol, 23, from Prestwick ...

Pharmacists can also refer you to appropriate services like addiction treatment and counselling centres. Addiction treatment services are provided by the Health Service Executive (HSE) Drug and ...