Even though electronic cigarettes do not contain any illicit substances, the liquid can cause serious health problems. Often, ...

Identifying “designer drugs,” or so-called “legal highs” quickly is a public health challenge plaguing hospital emergency rooms, forensic labs, and law enforcement agencies globally. These are ...

At the end of 2023, the health crisis caused by fentanyl use in the United States set alarm bells ringing. However, the situation may get even worse with the emergence of another family of synthetic ...

In what is being described as a proactive move, Guyana has launched a National Early Warning System (EWS) on drugs to strengthen the country’s ability to detect, monitor, and respond to potential ...

Researchers who study trends in illicit drug use are concerned that sales of a potent class of synthetic opioids called ...

Lawmakers set aside the money in the state budget to study ibogaine, which may help treat PTSD and other ailments.

The global drug use disorder deaths have more than doubled since 1990, even as new addiction cases declined, highlighting a ...

BOGOTÁ — By the 1970s, Colombia had convinced itself that its only social and economic problem was drug trafficking — ignoring corruption, ideological vendettas, the breakdown of the social fabric and ...