Data from Australia’s wastewater drug monitoring program suggests methamphetamine use (also known as speed, ice or crystal meth) is at a record high. Cocaine is also up. MDMA may be levelling off.

Hyper-pure methamphetamine is a major driver of mental illness in Los Angeles and many other parts of the country.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Medical experts and advocates met in Honolulu to tackle the state’s growing methamphetamine epidemic. Dozens attended the fourth annual End Meth summit at Honolulu’s YWCA to ...

Meth users were less likely to have common risk factors for heart disease, such as high cholesterol and Type 2 diabetes, but were more likely to smoke cigarettes, use alcohol and experience ...

Crystal meth was linked to one in six heart attacks treated at a hospital in California. Use of the highly addictive drug accounted for nearly 15% of heart attacks handled at the hospital over a ...

A decade-long study at a Northern California hospital found methamphetamine use linked to nearly 15% of acute coronary syndrome cases, mostly in younger men without typical heart disease risk factors.

During a recent debate, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt argued that drug abuse — including "super meth" — has ...