drug abuse

His family says he was withdrawing from alcohol on his own when he suffered complications.

After taking away New Yorkers' outdoor smoking privileges and right to million-calorie mega-sodas, it looks like Bloomberg's back to his old tricks trying to "save lives," or whatever.

A new study refutes the stereotype that black kids are hitting the bottle, instead pointing to Native American and white teens as the biggest abusers.

Schumer's bill would mandate training for physicians on the signs of prescription drug abuse, and double the penalties up to 20 years in prison for selling, transporting, and stealing medication like oxycodone and vicodin.