Gubernatorial races in states across the country could determine whether supervised injection sites—controversial clinics where people can safely inject drugs—will open in several U.S. cities and states where they're under consideration.
The Food and Drug Administration is approving a powerful new opioid painkiller, the agency announced Friday.
Unlicensed dispensaries have been popping up throughout Los Angeles at a rapid clip, and now dwarf their licensed counterparts in number.
A man smokes marijuana during a legalization party at Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto, Ontario, on October 17th, 2018.
Twenty-six other states have already sued the company.
Lawsuits agains the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services reveal a pattern of immigrant shelters prescribing powerful psychotropic drugs without receiving informed consent.
The legislative package consists of more than 50 bills, with provisions including increased access to treatment and a push for the development of non-addictive painkillers.
The ads capture attention and may help spread awareness. But will they change how anyone acts?
The bill will allow terminally ill patients to request experimental drugs that the FDA has not yet approved.
In wooing a doctor, even a single meal makes a difference.
Across the country, there's a growing movement for economic empowerment through legalization.
Farmers in Colombia have been ramping up their coca planting and now seem ready to produce cocaine in unprecedented amounts, according to the DEA.
Following a record-setting year for opioid-related deaths in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Thursday night that the city will open safe injection sites for drug users, BuzzFeed News reports.
Soaring commercial real estate prices are a sign of a thriving pot industry in Denver—but low-income communities of color are taking a disproportionate property-tax hit.
A new study suggests it also decreases other types of drug use, including binge drinking.
Here's how states have made it easier for bystanders to administer naloxone to overdose victims.
A drug lab chemist in Amherst had tampered with evidence and abused various confiscated drugs over an eight-year span.
Advocacy groups have long pushed for making more naloxone available to the public as a way to prevent overdoses. The surgeon general's advisory gives that effort a big boost.
On Wednesday, federal science and policy speakers outlined their plans for combating opioid addiction.
When used as a pain reliever, methadone is especially likely to cause unintentional overdoses.
Over 63,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2016.
Is condemning drug dealers to death really a wise strategy?
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