Raleigh, NC -- A condition called "meth mouth" is starting to have expensive repercussions for North Carolina taxpayers. The dental condition, found among methamphetamine addicts, results from the ...

In just a few years, the use of the drug methamphetamine has spread to all corners of the country, from rural farm towns, to suburbs and now to inner cities. Costs for cracking down on meth abuse are ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Rodney Rogers remembers the pain. His teeth constantly ached, so severely at times he would dig into his gums with a needle hoping to sever the nerves and stop the pain. As he ...

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 ...

Jonathan Opra likes to think of himself as an approachable guy, especially now that his heroin addiction is behind him. Yet you wouldn’t always know it from the look on his face. That’s because Opra, ...