Methamphetamine is a highly addictive stimulant that has been around for a long time, creating multiple health issues for users. But there is another downside to this drug: It can ravage the dental ...

CHICAGO, September 21, 2006 – Methamphetamine is a powerfully addictive drug that can seriously damage oral health, destroying a person's smile and natural ability to chew, according to the American ...

Severe dental disease is common among people addicted to methamphetamine and cocaine, as is tooth loss, complicating treatment and recovery. Oral health is often entirely overlooked by individuals ...

Meth mouths have likely bitten in to more than $1 million spent on prisoners' dental work in the past year. Figures released under the Official Information Act revealed $1.1m was spent on dental work ...

University of Florida neuroscientists have made a mechanistic discovery that paves the way to test immune-modulating medicines as a potential tool to break the cycle of methamphetamine addiction.

More people in the U.S. are overdosing from cocaine, methamphetamine and prescription stimulants and there's no approved medication to help them get off the drugs. Amid public health warnings about ...

An undercover cop in Billings says that once you know what to look for, you'll run into meth users on a daily basis. For Kathy Woodward, who coordinated the Billings portion of the national ...

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