The enforcement action in Singapore was part of Operation Pangea, which Interpol coordinated. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Opioid overdose deaths continued to rise among adolescents and young adults during a recent 5-year period, and synthetic opioids alone are becoming the predominant cause, according to findings ...

No. Tobacco kills more people in the nation than any other drug, leaving alcohol No. 2 on the list of deadly substances, federal data shows. About 480,000 people die of causes linked to cigarette ...

Michelle Martel, a clinical psychologist and chair of the psychology department at the University of Kentucky, led the research, which followed 97 female college students across their menstrual ...

Speedballing, methamphetamine, and cocaine use—and deaths—are increasing. In parallel to psychostimulants, use of psilocybin, "shrooms," MDMA, LSD, and other psychedelics is growing.

“We were already shifting to where psychostimulants had fentanyl in them and messages weren’t reaching the right folks because people who use psychostimulants think of themselves as using meth ...

In 2022, NIDA reported 34,022 overdose deaths involving psychostimulants – a nearly 500% increase from 2015 to 2022.

In 2021, 32,537 people died from an overdose involving psychostimulants, according to CDC data. CBP officers seized nearly 549,000 pounds of illicit substances across the country in 2022-2023.

Some ADHD medications like Ritalin or Concerta are psychostimulants that increase dopamine but at a higher rate than candy does. Unlike the dopamine released from receiving a candy reward, the ...

Despite lack of overt endorsement from guidelines and scant evidence for their benefit, psychostimulants, and particularly methylphenidate, are widely used for CRF, especially in individuals with ...

Roughly 5.3% of the participants had an ADHD diagnosis, with nearly half (40.6%) taking psychostimulants to alleviate cognitive dysfunction. The remaining participants were classified as controls.