Drugs News

New Hampshire soon could join 17 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing seriously ill people to use marijuana to treat their conditions.

Adding to what's becoming a lengthy list of run-ins with the law, New York police arrested actress Amanda Bynes on Thursday night after she allegedly tossed drug paraphernalia out the window of her 36th floor Manhattan apartment.

"You look at it side-to-side with 'meth mouth' or 'coke mouth,' it is startling to see the intensity and extent of damage more or less the same," said Dr.

More than 60% of men arrested in five U.S. cities used at least one illegal drug, but fewer than 15% received drug treatment, a government report found.

Items taken from Trayvon Martin's cell phone -- including a text-message discussion of drug use and pictures of a gun and marijuana plants -- are among new details released Thursday by attorneys for the neighborhood watch volunteer accused of killing him without provocation 14 months ago.

The chief of staff to embattled Mayor Rob Ford was escorted by security from city hall premises Thursday as allegations the mayor had been caught on videotape smoking crack cocaine continued to swirl.

Authorizing medical marijuana dispensaries in Nevada has cleared a key Senate committee.

TV reports that Lillie Smith was recently indicted by a Bernalillo County grand jury for trafficking, conspiracy to commit trafficking, tampering with evidence and possession.

TV reports that Lillie Smith was recently indicted by a Bernalillo County Grand Jury for trafficking, conspiracy to commit trafficking, tampering with evidence and possession.

The personal use of illegal drugs, including heroin and crack cocaine, should be decriminalized as part of a federal-provincial strategy to tackle drug abuse, a B.C.-based national coalition of drug policy experts argue.

A North Texas man faces up to life in prison and a $5 million fine for his role in running a methamphetamine ring.

A Rutherford County Sheriff's Office employee has been fired and is the subject of a criminal investigation in connection with alleged drug violations.

On May 9, 26-year-old Tyler Bares died as the result of a heroin or cocaine overdose.

Two men were arrested and charged with marijuana and cocaine possession Tuesday after they were pulled over for failure to use a turn signal near Sixth Avenue, according to a Columbus Police report.

Voters approved a law limiting the number of medical pot shops in Los Angeles after politicians failed for years to corral the blossoming industry.

A volunteer searcher who broke his back while looking for a teenager who was lost in Orange County wilderness wants restitution if the teen is convicted on drug charges.

A 42-year-old man who was taken into custody during an investigation into the murder of a Grosse Pointe Park woman was in court Wednesday for drug charges.

Eight people have been arrested on Adams Circuit Court warrants after police said they sold controlled substances to informants, Sheriff Shane L. Reckeweg said today.

The manager of a New Jersey diner is free on bail six weeks after he was charged with plotting to kill the co-owner of the restaurant, his uncle.

Sheriff Robert Arnold terminated the employment of Deputy Keith Knowles on May 10.