Drugs

The five-year-old boy from Ohio was playing with plastic vampire teeth when he fell ill.

Georgia police said it's the first time they've seen the meth that looks like candy and told parents to be vigilant this Halloween.

Scientists believe drugs take over mechanisms in the brain which form memories, potentially offering one explanation for substance abuse and addiction.  

Perrottetinene is believed to light up the same parts of the brain as the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.

South Korean citizens are subject to the country's strict drug laws even when abroad.

Distributing clean needles and offering HIV tests may sound like a way to encourage drug abuse. But "harm reduction" has been shown to reduce the number of overdoses and the spread of disease.

The supply chain has gone to pot.

"There is currently no educational nor regulatory scheme that will guarantee that this drug will be used only as described in the label," one concerned board member said.

Elina Childs sold 30 boxes of snacks in just 45 minutes.

Nicole Boroviak says the attack was linked to her killing of housemate Joanne Martell in 2015.

Drug resistance threatens recent gains against the disease—but research shows there's reason to be optimistic.

"As just the second country and the first G7 nation to end marijuana prohibition, Canada has positioned itself as a global leader for cannabis business and development."

Mexican and U.S. law enforcement agencies discovered a highly sophisticated underground tunnel—featuring a rail system and solar-powered lighting—running underneath the border between Mexico and California.

Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines, had hospital tests amid speculation that his health is in decline.

Psilocybin is increasingly being recognized by scientists as potentially effective treatments for a number of psychological disorders, such as addiction and depression.

Despite a string of failed clinical trials for new dementia drugs, there are reasons to remain optimistic.

Human rights groups say at least 12,000 people have been killed since Duterte took office in 2016.

As the country battles record homicide rates, it remains unclear who was behind the disappearance of 43 students in 2014.

The research was "the first" to directly target and "dramatically" reduce numbers of dementia-causing particles.

Officials discovered 540 separate packages of cocaine hidden among the fruit.

Opiate overdoses claim more than 115 lives a day in the U.S.

I have engaged in more intimate conversations with addicts than I have with many close friends.

In Guadalajara, the morgue was so full that a trailer of 157 bodies was parked at a warehouse on the outskirts of the city,

The U.S. experience suggests most stigmas linked to using weed are not supported by scientific evidence.

The cancer that killed the senator is notoriously difficult to treat.

Police said vans containing cannabis would be targets for robbery.

As many as 2,000 patients have reverse engineered their own insulin pumps. The insulin itself could be next.

Crowdfunding pages have been used to raise millions of dollars for cancer treatments with no scientific basis.

The U.S. was among 23 countries to recall valsartan after some products were contaminated with a compound linked to cancer.

Findings open an exciting new avenue of research that could lead to even more effective immunotherapy treatments.