Children who are exposed to methamphetamine before birth can have behavior problems as young as age 3, a new study finds. But those problems are manageable, the researchers say, especially if the ...

"Children living at methamphetamine laboratories are at increased risk for severe neglect and are more likely to by physically and sexually abused by members of their own family and known individuals ...

OTTUMWA, Iowa -- Jittery babies, mistreated toddlers, strung-out mothers: Cheryll Jones' pediatric nursing practice is far from what it was when she started out 30 years ago -- long before ...

Olmsted County authorities say they are no longer surprised when they find children playing or sleeping amid the hazardous and toxic chemicals being used to make meth. But they're just as angry. In ...

Methamphetamine, an addictive drug popular in the Midwest, is at least partly to blame for the rising number of Nebraska children in foster care. Meth was involved in about 36 percent of the Douglas ...

KANSAS CITY (AP) - Missouri authorities want to address the problems that affect children who are exposed to methamphetamine. They say children who live in houses where the drug is cooked face health ...

A Des Moines man will not face charges for giving his young children cookies laced with methamphetamine, the King County Prosecutor’s Office said Thursday. Chad M. Holm, 37, will face a charge of ...

CHICAGO • The first study to look at methamphetamine's potential lasting effects on children whose mothers used it in pregnancy finds these kids at higher risk for behavior problems than other ...

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WEAR) — Mobile County authorities arrested two men on drug charges after finding more than $100,000 of drugs at an apartment. The Mobile County Street Enforcement Narcotics Team ...

Bill Peyton has seen firsthand what methamphetamine can do to families, especially to children. Neglect, abuse, exposure to dangerous chemicals -- the cases have grown as meth's use has grown, he and ...

Tooth decay is an oft-discussed consequence of methamphetamine use. That children of users seem to take after their parent in this regard is an as yet unexplained trend, according to Kathryn Wells, a ...

"We don't have enough data here in Helena to know much about this," the seasoned prosecutor said recently of meth users' effects on children. "We're trying to intervene in these cases, but we're into ...