Workplace substance abuse puts employees and companies in serious jeopardy. In some lines of work, such as manufacturing and construction or any job that involves driving, operating machinery or ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A new multimillion-dollar study is kicking off in Vermont. Its goal is to find out what barriers ...

A sharply divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that taking an opioid medication while pregnant and thereby causing the baby to suffer withdrawal symptoms after it is born cannot constitute ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court says mothers who use illegal drugs while pregnant can’t be considered perpetrators of child abuse against their newly born children under the ...

Drug abuse is the root cause of the rise of homelessness. An “epidemic of despair” is driving that trend. Drug treatment programs are needed to help fix these problems. That’s according to Christopher ...

Q. I recently read that death from drug overdose in our country is staggering. I know this is a problem for our younger generation. I am curious is it equally a problem for older people? M.L. The ...

NorthEast Regional Director of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Kampi Laari Robert, has described the abuse and misuse of drugs as an “enemy” to national development, particularly in the North East ...

Parents and caregivers who slip young, healthy children doses of common drugs — including painkillers, sedatives and laxatives — are fueling a dangerous but hidden form of child abuse, new research ...

A new federal rule would reclassify marijuana as a less-dangerous, Schedule III drug. It’s a significant shift, even as it does not legalize the drug. By Eileen Sullivan Reporting from Washington The ...

PUTRAJAYA: Cases of drug addiction and abuse nationwide fell by 7.9% from January to September this year compared to the same ...