July 15, 2016 Ohio officials find powerful anesthetic in some heroin cases Officials responding to a recent spike in opiate overdoses around the northeast Ohio city of Akron suspect some users are trying to increase the potency of heroin and other drugs by mixing in a powerful anesthetic that's used to sedate elephants and other large animals.
July 14, 2016 Partners' drinking habits influence marriage satisfaction Older married couples with the same drinking habits - whether they partake, or abstain - tend to be happier than couples where only one partner drinks, researchers say.
July 14, 2016 Cocaine, meth might mess with your morals Which comes first, the hard drugs or the criminal behavior?
July 14, 2016 Why does synthetic marijuana make people act like zombies? Users of increasingly popular street drugs called K2 or spice, which are made from mixtures of herbs laced with synthetic cannabinoids and other chemicals, are showing some incredibly strange behaviors
July 14, 2016 In rare show of unity, governors vow to fight opioid crisis Nearly every U.S. governor pledged Wednesday to combat the opioid crisis that is leaving a trail of overdose deaths and misery in their states.
July 13, 2016 Surgical technician pleads guilty to drug tampering in Colorado A former surgical technician who is HIV-positive pleaded guilty on Tuesday to tampering with narcotics at a Colorado hospital, potentially exposing thousands of patients to blood-borne diseases, including the AIDS virus, federal prosecutors said.
July 13, 2016 33 sickened in apparent mass drug overdose in New York City More than two dozen people were sickened in an apparent mass drug overdose on a New York City street corner, sparking warnings from police and health officials about the dangers of using K2, also known as synthetic marijuana.
July 8, 2016 Prescription-drug monitoring saves lives, could save more State programs that monitor narcotic prescriptions help prevent 10 opioid-overdose deaths a day in the U.S., yet improvements could save another two people a day, a new study finds.
July 8, 2016 Marijuana changes brain's response to money, study says Smoking marijuana may change the way people's brains respond to certain rewards, such as the prospect of winning some money, according to a new study
July 7, 2016 Seniors with access to medical marijuana use fewer prescription drugs Physicians wrote significantly fewer prescriptions for painkillers and other medications for elderly and disabled patients who had legal access to medical marijuana, a new study finds.
