Drug-addicted veterans are being injected with cocaine by researchers at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in taxpayer-funded studies, The Examiner has learned. The study subjects are being ...

The idea for this post was initiated when I read a snippet in The Fortean Times about a 34-year old man from New York who injected cocaine into his penis and ended up with gangrene and further medical ...

The United States’ opioid problem has steadily been getting worse. In 2022, more than 110,000 people died of drug overdoses, "two-thirds of whom succumbed to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl," ...

NEW YORK — Smoking has surpassed injecting as the most common way of taking drugs in U.S. overdose deaths, a new government study suggests. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called its ...

Democratic candidate Tracy Mitrano, who is running in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, described her history of drug use in a yearslong series of blog posts that are getting renewed attention ...

FILE - A homeless man, 24, smokes fentanyl on March 12, 2022, in Seattle, Washington. Widespread drug addiction is endemic in Seattle's large homeless community, which the city is currently trying to ...