Drug Use

Antibiotics won’t work on the virus that causes COVID, but in places like India, their overuse threatens to nullify their effects on other equally deadly pathogens

The candy-colored drugs are the latest Halloween scare, but history suggests such fears are overblown

By ruling in favor of two doctors accused of running pill mills, SCOTUS is clarifying opioid prescription practices

Researchers are giving drugs to healthy people in hope of clearing away toxic proteins in the brain and preventing neurodegeneration.

An ideal federal marijuana policy would reduce arrests while supporting a highly regulated marketplace

The Supreme Court will consider a case that has had a chilling effect on medical practice

The DarkNPS algorithm has predicted the formulas of millions of potential drugs

A new study reveals how tobacco from traditional or noncombusted cigarettes kills corneal cells

LSD and psilocybin increasingly show promise as mental health treatments. Now universities and companies are exploring their use in pain management

We mustn’t apply the same harm reduction strategies to both

The herbal supplement can be abused, but given the explosion in opioid deaths, eliminating this safer substitute will almost certainly lead to more deaths

By associating caffeinated sugar water and a target scent, researchers teach bumblebees to stay on task