Searing Look at Rio’s Homicidal Police
As Brazil prepares to host two high-profile global events, filmmaker José Padilha suggests that while improving security is a worthy goal, its methods and rationale are deeply flawed.
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More Evidence That MDMA Could Ease PTSD
Researchers advance the idea that ecstasy and other controversial drugs could help treat traumatized combat vets.
U.S. Crackdown Highlights Mixed-Up World of Medical Marijuana
A federal effort to shut down state-legalized marijuana dispensaries in California is the latest example of the topsy-turvy habitat that growers, users and cops live in with medical marijuana.
Ritalin Can Wake the Brain From Anesthesia
Researchers propose pulling patients out of anesthesia with "a shot of adrenaline to the brain."
Class of Antipsychotics Ineffective in PTSD Treatment
The future may hold a drug therapy for treating post-traumatic stress disorder, but some of the popular choices of the last few years, like Risperdal, won't be part of it.
Supervised-Injection Site in Vancouver Meets Big Hurdle
With the backing of numerous scientific studies and provincial health authorities, Insite will fight for its life against the Canadian federal government in court.
Researchers Re-Open Their Minds to Psychedelic Drugs
A raft of potentially therapeutic pharmaceuticals got left on the shelf in the backlash against the 1960s recreational drug explosion. Researchers are raising their own consciousness about which psychedelics might have real value.
College Costs Linked to Risky Teen Behavior
New research links the cost of community college tuition rates with drinking and drug use by teenagers.
Legalizing Pot: Will It End the Mexican Drug Cartels?
If pot were legal — not decriminalized, but legal — it likely would knock a few props from beneath rampaging Mexican drugs cartels, argues Michael Scott Moore.
Is U.S.A. Drug Tourism Likely After States Drug Legalization?
U.S. drug laws should be loosened, argues Michael Scott Moore, but Holland — where soft drugs are not legal but are tolerated — is probably not the right model.