Drugs

About 70 people overdosed on what authorities believe is the synthetic drug, K2.

Officials believe at least 18 people have possibly overdosed on the synthetic drug known as K2.

“It’s really not worth it...You do not want the feeling of what me and my family are going through."

The drug can induce feelings of paranoia and panic, prompting some to jump off buildings and run into traffic.

The rate has quadrupled in recent years, a new government report revealed. Moms may try to hide their use in order to avoid potential punishment, but that also prevents them from seeking help.

Patients could be 2.7 times more likely to continue using weeks or months later.

Single white men with a previous history of mental health disorders are the likeliest to die from drug overdoses, particularly those involving heroin, the report said.

Users who took minute doses of LSD and mushrooms also reported an improved mood and sharpened focus.

"When you find THC in breath, you can be pretty darn sure that somebody smoked pot in the last couple of hours," Hound Labs CEO Mike Lynn explained.

The drug, tainted with rat poison, caused users to bleed out of their eyes and ears, health officials said.

“Several online discussion forums among users describe the euphoregenic effects of tianeptine."

The vape can be used to verify a user isn't underage, Juul Labs said, as lawsuits and public health officials claim the company markets to young people.

As dementia affects a person’s ability to communicate, managing pain can be particularly difficult.

At a time when drugs can take a decade from discovery to market, and as Big Pharma develops fewer drugs, a growing number of researchers are betting on old drugs.

As President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador considers the legalization of drugs in Mexico, he has given incoming Interior Minister Olga Sanchez Cordero a free hand.

President Maithripala Sirisena will end the moratorium that has been in place on executions since 1976.

Lebanon's economic minister endorsed a plan to export medicinal cannabis.

Buying opioids on the internet isn't just illegal: it's usually a scam.

The authors suggested that socioeconomic factors such as poverty were contributing factors.

Cocaine can mess with an eel's ability to migrate and reproduce.

Syrian rebel group Maghawir al-Thawra vowed to keep Al-Tanf free of drugs, but Syria, Russia and Iran say the insurgents and the U.S. have no business there.

Officials dismiss leaked and unfinished report as a “reckless use of anecdotes.”

Using crypto-currency and an underground network of nearly-untraceable websites, people get what they need.

This finding further upholds the drug's potential use in treating a number of mental health conditions such as depression and addiction.

Researchers hope their findings will help to develop a treatment for cocaine addiction.

Couple accused of aggravated manslaughter of a child after infant dies from drug overdose.

K2 has been linked to extreme side effects and even death.

Anti-fungal resistance is a "serious and immediate threat" estimated to be killing more people than breast cancer and malaria.

"This is about greed and people who abuse their positions of trust."

30.3 percent of 15,000 surveyed around the world said they could get drugs delivered within half an hour.