Gabrielle Lurie shares a closer look at a photo of Austin Draper, who suffers from endocarditis, a severe heart condition ...

"I did very, very poorly in school until I started doing narcotics," Trump's health secretary nominee said in a resurfaced interview about his former substance abuse John Nacion/Getty Robert F.

More American teenagers are staying away from alcohol, marijuana and nicotine — but two other vices are growing in use, ...

Teen use of alcohol, nicotine and marijuana remains at record lows, according to national survey results released Wednesday.

A national survey shows teen use of alcohol, nicotine and marijuana remains at record lows. The findings released Wednesday ...

25% of Americans (70 million people) admitted they use illicit drugs, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use. 48.7 million people nationwide struggle with substance abuse according ...

Editor’s Note: “Fentanyl in America: A Way Out” on “The Whole Story presented by Anderson Cooper” at 8 p.m. ET/PT Sunday. “I was asked to give an update of myself for this documentary, and I wanted to ...

Drug abuse and drug crimes continue to decline across the state of Washington, with one exception. Heroin addiction and overdose deaths are on the rise, according to new research from the University ...

Drug testers at music festivals are on alert this year as a new wave of substances – from cocaine to ketamine – makes its ...

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cory Monteith, Janis Joplin, John Belushi. Feb. 4, 2014— -- Philip Seymour Hoffman. Cory Monteith. Janis Joplin. River Phoenix. John Belushi. Those are some of the ...

A previous post reviewed data about drug use among sexual and gender minority people. In addition to its direct health risks, drug use is associated with an increased risk of HIV infection. It might ...