Nitrous oxide feels harmless and legal. Here is how it disables vitamin B12, what the nerve damage looks like at home, and the two tests that catch it early.

New Jersey police warned that candy-shaped meth tablets are circulating. What the warning means for parents, and what to do if a child swallows a pill.

Meth and cocaine overdoses kill by heat, heart and seizures, not slowed breathing. What families should do in the first ten minutes, and why 911 matters.

A Mississippi sheriff's office is warning about MDMB-4en-PINACA, a synthetic cannabinoid sold as 'CEB.' Here is what it does and what to do in an emergency.

Ammonia from liver disease can look exactly like intoxication. A family guide to grades, triggers, lactulose, rifaximin, driving, and when it's an emergency.

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a thiamine-deficiency brain injury. What families notice first, why treatment is so often late, and what recovery looks like.

Dane County issued an overdose spike alert after five EMS overdose calls in under 24 hours. Several reported cocaine use, but symptoms were opioid-like.

Kidney injury complicates roughly one in three overdose hospitalizations. What rhabdomyolysis does, what the ICU watches, and how families protect recovery.

A practical guide for brothers and sisters of someone with addiction: your own risk, the roles you take on, how to set limits, and where to find support.