When Sal Vulcano got someone else's package in the mail, he decided to play a little game with the intended recipient and ended up getting in way over his head.

Absolutely no one is a stranger to drugs that are especially meant to cure erectile dysfunction.

In a bid to combat the exorbitant, greed-driven pricing schemes of pharmaceutical companies and increase the availability of essential generic medications,

Sometimes IV bags are hard for hospitals to come by. Other times it's injectable folic acid to treat anemias. Right now, the tissue-numbing agent lidocaine is in short supply. Shortages of commonplace generic drugs have plagued hospitals in recent years. And with short supplies and fewer suppliers for key drugs, there have been price increases. Hospital purchasing agents keep searching for new sources for the medications that patients need, while clinicians scramble to find alternatives.

Silicon Valley geeks say it sharpens their thinking and enhances creativity. Other people say it lifts the fog of depression. A novel experiment launching 3 September 2018 will investigate whether microdosing with LSD really does have benefits – or whether it’s all in the mind. Microdosing using psychedelic drugs – either LSD or magic mushrooms – is said to have become very popular, especially with people working in the Californian digital tech world...

The number of deaths in England and Wales due to the synthetic opioid fentanyl rose by 29% in 2017, Office for National Statistics data shows. Forms of the drug - used to treat cancer pain - are often imported illegally from Chinese laboratories and sold to users via the dark web. Deaths from psychoactive substances like spice or mephedrone halved. Drug policy campaigners called on the government to fund drug treatment and stop criminalising users.

The study suggests a comprehensive approach is needed — one that goes way further than what America has done so far.

The rise and complexity of new synthetic narcotics are stumping emergency rooms, which often can't even tell what drugs a patient is on.

An analysis of wastewater finds that significant amounts of drugs were consumed during the solar eclipse. By Nathaniel Scharping.

The Colombian government has started to use drones to destroy the plants that produce cocaine. Small aircraft loaded with herbicide are being sent to search for illegal fields of coca. President Iván Duque has favoured the use of the unmanned aircraft to ensure that damage to neighbouring crops is kept to a minimum.

After 76 drug overdoses in New Haven Wednesday, another 19 people have overdosed in the city Thursday.

Recent reports that smoking heroin (and an associated risk of brain damage) is increasing among young people aren't looking at the full picture.

The tragic business of cleaning up deadly fentanyl overdose sites is booming — with calls flooding in for hazmat responses to hotels, schools, ball fields, public restrooms and even rental cars, where addicts have been shooting up drugs.“It’s increased tremendously in the last 18 months and even more specifically in the last 12 months,” said Michael Wiseman of Easton-based 24 Trauma, a commercial crime-scene cleanup service that now gets up to 10 OD cleanup calls a week.

The Four Thieves Vinegar Collective is a network of tech-fueled anarchists taking on Big Pharma with DIY medicines.

Under the influence of MDMA, both humans and octopuses get much more social.

Just two years after Novartis announced it would embrace the challenge of searching for cures for life-threatening infections known as superbugs, the drugmaker said last week it would exit antibacterial and antiviral research.

To fight a rising tide of depression and suicide, psychiatrists need to do more than just fill patients up with pills writes James S Gordon, a psychiatrist

Researcher Lee Cronin hopes the device will lead to discoveries of new drugs

People tend to think pot is not addictive, yet many regular users still struggle to quit. We spoke with an expert and pot-smokers across the stoner spectrum to figure it out.

Canada’s largest public health board is calling on Ottawa to decriminalize all drugs, arguing that saving lives is more important than stigma-laced arguments against the idea. Toronto’s public health board, a mix of city councillors and public appointees, voted 10-0 Monday to endorse the recommendation from Dr. Eileen de Villa, the city’s medical officer of health.