PORTLAND, Oregon — In an alarming story this week, KGW news partner KOBI broke the news that Medford police are investigating allegations that a nurse at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center caused ...

Sir: Creating a dangerous synergy, individuals, communities, and the nation at large face significant threats as drug abuse and cultism often go hand in hand. While drug abuse itself is a grave issue, ...

Dr. Nora Volkow, who leads the National Institutes of Drug Abuse, would like the public to know things are getting better. Mostly. By Matt Richtel Historically speaking, it’s not a bad time to be the ...

According to DSM-5, dissociation refers to the “splitting off of clusters of mental contents from conscious awareness.” An everyday example is daydreaming, or the experience of being so absorbed in a ...

Four days after Christmas 2020, Hannah Moore felt horror like no other when she awoke to find her 2-month-old daughter’s cold, lifeless body nestled next to her in bed, inches away from her other two ...

Remarkable scientific progress over the past five decades has helped us develop knowledge of how drugs of abuse induce pleasure, reinforce use, and lead to the compulsive self-administration we call ...

Drug abuse among Nigerian youths has reached epidemic levels, with one in every seven Nigerians between ages 15 and 64 identified as a drug user, nearly three times the global average. Experts say the ...