An investigation by Democratic members of Congress into the marketing practices of electronic cigarette companies has found that major producers...
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Casual marijuana use linked with brain abnormalities, study finds
For the first time, researchers at Northwestern University have analyzed the relationship between casual use of marijuana and brain changes...
UK drug company Glaxo ‘paid bribes to Polish doctors’
UK drug company GlaxoSmithKline is facing a criminal investigation in Poland for allegedly bribing doctors, BBC Panorama has discovered. Eleven...
New Zealand: I looked like death on legal highs, addict says
A former legal-high addict is cleaning up his act after “hurting” his family and wants to help other users quit...
Mother wishes she had restricted flow of prescription drugs to her son
Looking back, Pam Herrera wishes she had asked more questions and been more forceful with her son’s therapists. The list...
Drug firms have used dangerous tactics to drive sales to treat kids
Pharmaceutical companies wooed academic leaders, ghostwrote articles, suppressed damaging health data and lavished doctors with gifts to make prescribing powerful...
Britain’s drug users buying opiates, cannabis and magic mushrooms online instead of using street dealers
Britain’s drug users are increasingly going online to feed their habits rather than use street dealers, research has found. The...
U.S: “Holder is the worst person to hold the position of attorney general since the disgraced John Mitchell”
A veteran Justice Department lawyer says that Attorney General Eric Holder has politicized the department in a way he hadn’t...
U.S: Designer drugs put youths at risk, but recipe changes tie officers’ hands
Montana Brown’s red Nike sneakers sat on the front porch for months, still smeared in cow manure. A week before...
Saudi Arabia says it seizes drugs worth $267M, arrests six
Saudi Arabian police have arrested six people and seized illegal drugs worth $267 million that were being smuggled into the...