Opioid Makers Are Looking Especially Evil This Week
Two pieces of news this week reveal even more about how pharmaceutical companies have contributed to the opioid…
The Feds Cracked El Chapo's Encrypted Comms Network by Flipping His System Admin
With signs that the New York trial of notorious Mexican drug lord and alleged mass murderer Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán…
Louisiana Cops Forced to Explain That Zika-Tainted Meth Doesn't Exist After Dumb Prank Backfires
A social media prank concocted by a Louisiana police department over the weekend went unexpectedly viral and began…
What Was the First Recreational Drug?
Sex, war, and getting insanely high: Society might’ve changed in the last 60,000 years or so, but these interests have…
Too-Potent Infants' Ibuprofen Recalled from CVS, Walmart, and Family Dollar Stores
The manufacturer of a common infants’ over-the-counter pain medication is pulling some of its products off the shelves…
Wisdom Tooth Surgery a Gateway to Teen Opioid Addiction, Study Finds
A common rite of passage—having your wisdom teeth pulled—might be raising the risk of teens and young adults becoming…
Some Dark Web Marketplaces in the UK Are Reportedly Refusing to Let Users Sell Fentanyl
The UK’s National Crime Agency—which handles organized and transnational crime—claims that at least some of the dark…
American Life Expectancy Continues to Drop, with Suicides and Drug Overdoses on the Rise
The health of the United States remains in decline, according to a series of new reports released Thursday by the…
Rising Drug Prices Aren't Going to Stop Under Trump
Earlier this July, the pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced price jumps for many of its brand name drugs, including…
Teen Vaping May Have Led to Less Teen Smoking, Study Finds
The FDA calls teen vaping an “epidemic,” but the influence of e-cigarettes on teens’ overall health might be more…
The FDA Will Restrict, but Not Ban, the Sale of Flavored E-Cigarettes in Stores
The Food and Drug Administration has taken its hardest swing yet against teen vaping—though not as hard as we were expec…
Juul Says It Will Stop Selling All Its Good Flavors of E-Cigarettes in Stores
The vaping industry looks set to undergo a seismic shift in how it sells and markets its products, starting with its…
The Halloween Sequel Isn't the Only Decades-Old Scary Story to Get a Reboot This Year, Thanks to the DEA
It’s Halloween, my ghoulish friends, the time of spooks, spirits, and things that serve subpoenas in no-knock raids in…
The Main Ingredient in Psychedelic Mushrooms Is Closer to Becoming an FDA-Approved Depression Treatment
The active ingredient that makes magic mushrooms so magic—the psychedelic drug psilocybin—is one step closer to…
Scientists Think They Can Use Silver to Help Kill Brain-Eating Amoebas
In folklore and movies, silver is often one of the best tools against terrifying monsters like vampires and werewolves.…
We Now Have a New Drug to Treat the Flu
The flu vaccine remains the best proactive way to protect yourself and your loved ones from the influenza virus. But…
Some Supplements Are Full Of Untested, Experimental Stimulants, Study Finds
Doctors have criticized the Food and Drug Administration recently for its inaction on supplements that contain…
The FDA Is Failing to Keep Us Safe From Tainted Supplements, Report Finds
The Food and Drug Administration is not doing enough to ensure that supplements don’t contain unlabelled, potentially…
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry Goes to Scientists Who Used Evolution to Create Safer Chemicals and New Drugs
A trio of scientists from the U.S. and the UK have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry this year for using evolution to…
Report Offers Disturbing New Details on Deadly Bleeding Outbreak Linked to Synthetic Cannabis
Since March, hundreds of people in the U.S. have come down with horrific, Ebola-like symptoms of bleeding. The…