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With the growing revitalization of the party-club culture, drugs use, especially Crystal Meth is slowly creeping its way back onto the scene ready to claim an entirely new generation. Part 1 of a very revealing inside look at the epidemic.

Alcohol is more dangerous than illegal drugs like heroin and crack cocaine, according to a new study.

An investigation has determined that a high-alcohol caffeinated drink, not date-rape drugs, sickened Central Washington University students at an off-campus party earlier this month.

The rate of illegal drug use rose last year to the highest level in nearly a decade, fueled by a sharp increase in marijuana use and a surge in ecstasy and methamphetamine abuse, the government reported Wednesday.

Experts preparing for an international conference are saying policies that criminalize drug users fuel the spread of AIDS and should be reformed.

Governments around the world must step up their efforts to limit access to "date-rape drugs," sedatives that are secretly added to a person’s drink to reduce their ability to resist sexual assault and remember it later, a watchdog said Wednesday.

A decade-long decline in teens’ use of pot has stalled and some teen attitudes on how harmful marijuana can be may be softening, according to a federal survey on teen drug use released Monday.

A U.S. program that offers trusted trucking companies speedy passage across American borders has begun attracting just the sort of customers who place a premium on avoiding inspections: Mexican drug smugglers

Six German states have told retailers to stop selling Red Bull Cola after a test found a trace amount of cocaine. The bans started Friday after a sample test conducted by authorities in North Rhine-Westphalia state found 0.4 micrograms per liter in the drink. Read more...

Prescription drug use in the U.S. fell last year, although total spending on drugs increased as prices rose sharply on brand-name products, pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions said Wednesday.