Substance use disorder is a treatable, chronic condition in which an individual has an addiction to using alcohol, tobacco, ...

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 ...

A coroner has called for action following a prisoner's death at HMP High Down after an inmate said it was easier to get drugs ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aegis Sciences Corporation, a leader in toxicology and healthcare services, is excited to announce the launch of a groundbreaking data visualization dashboard ...

Does using alcohol, nicotine, or cannabis engender addiction by changing the structure of brains, or does the structure of brains incline some people toward using those substances? In standard brain ...

The federal government has long sought to prevent the horrors of drug addiction by interdicting the supply of dangerous psychoactive drugs—and reducing demand for them. One step was the Anti-Drug ...

Archaeologists working in the Tabuk province of Arabia have found the earliest documented evidence of the ritual application of a psychoactive substance, according to a new study published in ...

A study published in the journal Antiquity suggested an ancient South American civilization spiked a beer-like drink with psychoactive drugs as a way of maintaining social cohesion and forging new ...

The Jigawa State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has said it arrested 577 suspects for various ...

Another recent study about psychedelics proclaims these drugs can have a transformative impact on users, though in this case, the impact is not only on psychological health, but spiritual health as ...