CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – At a recent task force meeting on the epidemic of methamphetamine use in Appalachia, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen winced when a federal prosecutor described the illegal drug as an ...

More than half of the overdose deaths in King County this year involve not only fentanyl, but methamphetamine. While the fentanyl epidemic in Washington receives a lot of attention because it’s so ...

Federal sentences for meth trafficking crimes are much longer than those for other, deadlier drugs. And nowhere are those meth sentences longer than in the Northern District of Texas, which serves the ...

Methamphetamine, or meth, is known for giving people a “rush” or “high” of good feelings. This sensation only lasts a short while — often a few minutes — but the drug itself can stay in your body for ...

The devastating stimulant has been hitting Portland, Maine hard, even competing with fentanyl as the street drug of choice. Although a fentanyl overdose can be reversed with Narcan, no medicine can ...

Methamphetamine, or meth, is a powerful stimulant that can make you feel more awake and active. Scientists in the early 20th century developed it in an effort to improve the medication amphetamine.

Missouri, which earned the infamous nickname of "meth capital of America," played a key role in the drug's spread across the country. A new podcast tells that story. In a roughly decadelong stretch ...

Methamphetamine is one of the primary culprits contributing to overdose deaths in the U.S. involving stimulants other than cocaine. Data gathered by World Population Review from 2021 shows California ...