Houston is known as the "City of Syrup" because the abuse of codeine-fortified cough syrup among the city's youth is so widespread, a local researcher says to The Associated Press.

The reputation is reflected in a trial that begins Tuesday of six pharmacists charged with illegally dispensing the highly addictive prescription cough syrup codeine with promethazine

According to data from The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), media messages on preventing drug and alcohol use have a significant effect on teen substance abuse.

While 10.3 percent of youths who reported seeing or hearing media prevention messages in the past year admitted to binge drinking in the past month, 12.5 percent of youth not exposed to prevention messages engaged in binge drinking

According to data from The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), media messages on preventing drug and alcohol use have a significant effect on teen substance abuse.

While 10.3 percent of youths who reported seeing or hearing media prevention messages in the past year admitted to binge drinking in the past month, 12.5 percent of youth not exposed to prevention messages engaged in binge drinking

Legislators in Oregon passed the first law in the nation Saturday that would require doctors to write a prescription for cold medicine that contain an active ingredient that could be made into methamphetamine.

We hope this will reduce the supply" of meth, Democratic state Sen. Ginny Burdick told Reuters

A teenage girl who was hospitalized 200 times after her mother made her believe she was gravely ill, asks a judge to allow visits from her.

Jennifer Bush's attorney tells a judge her client is ready to move on and see her mother, while her mother's attorney says the elder Bush would also like to reunite with her daughter