For nearly a century, it's been known that drugs of abuse alter the immune system. Since the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s, however, an explosion of data has given rise to a rapidly ...

Use of medications for mental health and behavioral conditions among children and young adults increased steadily for two ...

Certain psychoactive substances can improve the mental health of terminally ill cancer patients—but few patients can ...

For three decades, Erowid has been the most important clearinghouse of drug information on the Internet. Among other indispensable resources, the site has a collection of around 40,000 "experience ...

We summarise new research that examines how the ban on new psychoactive substances affected drug availability and violence in prisons.

American teenagers are increasingly using a psychoactive substance called delta-8, sparking concerns the compound could pose a serious public health risk, a nation-wide study has found. Delta-8 THC, ...

The consumption of powerful psychoactive drugs is a feature of other species beyond humans. Psychopharmacologist Ronald Siegel most famously raised public and scientific awareness of the unmistakable ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – State health officials warned consumers on Friday not to eat PolkaDot brand Mushroom Magic Blend Chocolate Bars as they have had psychoactive drugs added to them.

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 ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Ohio might become the first state in the nation to classify kratom as Schedule I and designate all natural and synthetic kratom compounds as illegal drugs. This comes as Gov.