President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a bill that will allow terminally ill patients to request experimental drugs that the Food and Drug Administration has not yet approved. "Our implementation of the Right to Try Act will build on our long-standing efforts to help patients and families who are facing life-threatening diseases or conditions, in a way that seeks to protect their autonomy, their safety, and the safety of others following in their paths," FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in a statement.

Nigel Rothsay spent five years in his Masterton NZ home before discovering his neighbours owned it.

If a government employee suspects you might be carrying drugs, be prepared to engage in a nonconsensual, highly-intimate relationship with the feds and their helpers. A New Mexico resident suspected of carrying drugs was subjected to multiple anal...

Back in the 1990s, Portugal faced a heroin crisis. Most people knew someone affected by the lethal drug. Just two decades later, the country has one of the lowest drug-related death rates in the world. This dramatic turnaround isn't credited to a hard-line approach, but instead by decriminalizing all drugs.

“Repurposing” approved medications could dramatically cut development time and cost.

In the midst of a national crisis, mothers addicted to drugs struggle to get off them — for their babies’ sake, and their own.

People living in England and Scotland can get cocaine delivered to their front door quicker than a takeaway pizza, a major global drugs survey has found.

Synthetic opioids and cocaine are together linked to more overdose deaths. There are some theories for why.

The FDA's moves to ban kratom have already slowed research into its potential as a painkiller.

After reading an article about how meth metabolizes in the body, Jessa Reed becomes addicted to drinking her own urine to get high.

America’s social hierarchies rule everything – even the opioid epidemic. You don’t have to dig deep to find the hypocrisy and insult to people of color.

One of the two Canadian women who documented a lavish cruise trip to Australia on Instagram as a front for smuggling cocaine has been sentenced to at least four and a half years in prison. Melina Roberge, along with two accomplices, had embarked on a round-the-world cruise, taking in a number of exotic locations, before the 95 kg (210 lb) haul was discovered on their cruise ship when it docked in Sydney.

Tomás Yarrington is set to go on trial for alleged drug trafficking.

A mother is facing charges after her 7-year-old son showed up to school high on cocaine. The little boy will be okay, according to Urbana Police. On Monday, the boy showed up to school tired, sleepy and somewhat unresponsive, WDTN reported. That's when school staff knew something was wrong. "You got to be thankful for the good staff members and good teachers," Cash told WDTN. "That see that stuff right away and try and get the kid help."

New scientific research provides more evidence that the psychedelic drug ibogaine can help treat opioid withdrawal and cravings. The new findings are reported in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. Ibogaine a psychoactive substance found in the root bark of the African Tabernanthe iboga plant, which has been used in the shamanic rituals of the Bwiti religion in West Africa. The drug is outlawed in the United States and many other countries, but remains legally available in Mexico. The new research examined 50 patients addicted to heroin or prescription opioids who participated in a week-long ibogaine treatment program in Tijuana.

The push towards decriminalization comes as the opioid crisis continues to claim thousands of lives on both sides of the 49th parallel

Our best bet to avoid 'peak pharma' may be beneath our feet, in the diminutive world of insects.

Should law enforcement be able to test them?

Nobody called 911 when Michael Akey overdosed on heroin. He remembers waking up at the sink in his Brattleboro hotel room, pouring sweat, his head ringing, he said. He learned later that he stopped breathing, and that his then-girlfriend had to administer rescue breaths. He found out later that she called friends, who brought over the opioid overdose antidote naloxone.

What opioid addiction treatments are more effective and can we vaccinate against addiction?