The Rhode Island Department of Health is alerting medical professionals to the recent detection of novel synthetic opioids in the state’s drug supply.

A former corrections officer from Westchester County who admitted to smuggling drugs into Rikers Island in exchange for ...

The unofficial marijuana holiday, 4/20, is Sunday. Here are some commonly used marijuana terms to know before the weekend.

The Gila monster is a large, magnificent, and venomous desert-dwelling reptile found throughout the southwestern US and Mexico. A toxic bite from the Gila can cause searing pain, loss of consciousness ...

The National Institute for Standards and Technology’s new harm reduction initiative is helping prevent needless deaths.

University of California, Davis, researchers have developed a new, neuroplasticity-promoting drug closely related to LSD that ...

Research highlights the potential for modifying the chemical structures of psychedelics to produce analogues with improved ...

One of those is Boston-based Syntis Bio, which is working on a daily pill that mimics the effects of gastric bypass—no actual ...

The plan would have seen the minimum security population moved into a separate, segregated unit inside the ACI's medium ...

In fact, fentanyl overdoses are commonly caused by ingesting the drug illicitly as a pill or powder. And most accidental ...