Smoking marijuana is becoming even more popular among U.S. teens and they have cut down on smoking cigarettes, binge drinking and using methamphetamine, according to a federal survey released Monday. More teens also are getting high on prescription pain pills and attention-deficit drugs, according to eighth ...

Federal health regulators are urging parents to keep their children on attention deficit drugs like Ritalin and Adderall, despite new evidence from a government-backed study that the stimulants can increase the risk of sudden death. Published Monday in the American Journal of Psychiatry, the ...

A so-called "smart drug" popular with young people may carry more of an addiction risk than thought, a small government study suggests. Scans of 10 healthy men showed that the prescription drug Provigil caused changes in the brain's pleasure center, very much like potentially habit-forming classic ...

EU medical regulators said Thursday that patients prescribed the hyperactivity drug Ritalin should be screened for heart and psychiatric problems before and after they start treatment. The European Medicines Agency said the drug was safe for use for treating children and adolescents over the age of six who suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. But it recommended that ...