Long-awaited cystic fibrosis drug could turn deadly disease into a manageable condition ~health Article 1667 words 9 votes
Sacklers would give up ownership of Purdue Pharma under settlement proposal ~health medicine Article 1022 words 11 votes
Biohackers are pirating a cheap version of a million-dollar gene therapy ~health Article 1475 words, published Aug 30 2019 7 votes
The entropic brain: A theory of conscious states informed by neuroimaging research with psychedelic drugs ~science Article 14 770 words 10 votes
How big pharma was captured by the one percent ~health healthcare medicine Article 3231 words, published Jun 28 2018 4 votes
A young Black football player was arrested after claiming ‘cocaine’ on his car was bird poop. It was bird poop. ~sports.american_football Article 842 words 9 votes
Drink up, stoners: Big Alcohol's pursuit to make weed beverages ~food drinks Article 5567 words, published Jul 30 2019 8 votes
It’s not just for first responders anymore. Health experts want regular Coloradans to have Naloxone on hand ~health medicine Article 572 words 7 votes
Overdosing in Appalachia: Harm reduction strategies have their roots in 1980s HIV activism, but they are starting to spread in rural America in response to the opioid crisis ~health medicine Link 3 votes
Origins of the current outbreak of multidrug-resistant malaria in southeast Asia: a retrospective genetic study ~science medicine Link 4 votes
Largest US drug companies flooded the country with seventy-six billion opioid pills, DEA data shows ~health medicine Article 3119 words 13 votes
Prescribing Opioids for a Sprained Ankle? - New research report shows an increase in patients being prescribed opioids after experiencing an ankle sprain ~health healthcare medicine Link 9 votes
Media frame: Fentanyl panic is worsening the overdose crisis ~health medicine Article 1319 words 5 votes
Rikers Island dilemma: Stop taking addiction meds, or stay behind bars ~society Article 2524 words 4 votes
Illinois becomes eleventh state to allow recreational marijuana ~news usa.il politics law Article 609 words 25 votes
The new drug highway: Pacific islands at centre of cocaine trafficking boom ~news colombia crime.organized Article 1363 words 5 votes
Shops full of vitamins, miracle pills 'trashing pharmacists' reputation' ~health medicine Article 557 words 5 votes
German patients get the latest drugs for just $11. Can such a model work in the US? ~health healthcare Article 1690 words, published Jun 19 2019 8 votes
European Drug Report 2019 directly contrasts US drug crisis, tells a story of relative calm ~health Article 1282 words, published Mar 5 2019 7 votes
Pfizer had clues its blockbuster drug could prevent Alzheimer’s. Why didn’t it tell the world? ~science medicine Article 2071 words 8 votes
A definitive guide to the power of psychedelics -- tripping through time ~science Article 1568 words, published May 23 2019 5 votes
'This case will set a precedent': First major opioid trial to begin in Oklahoma ~health medicine Article 1180 words 4 votes
Colorado becomes first state in nation to cap price of insulin ~health healthcare medicine Article 249 words 11 votes
Repair of iconic ’60s era synthesizer turns into long, strange trip for engineer ~music Article 1339 words 3 votes
Will including prescription drug prices in ads drive down prices? ~health healthcare medicine Article 1125 words 6 votes
The sad tale of Frank Olson, the US Government's hallucinogen fall man ~humanities.history Article 977 words 4 votes
Highly potent weed has swept the market, raising concerns about health risks ~health Article 1257 words 7 votes
Blow up: How half a tonne of cocaine transformed the life of an island ~life Article 3669 words 10 votes
Taking mushrooms for depression cured me of my atheism: Psilocybin not only eased my depression, it showed me a new way to live. ~life Article 3162 words 22 votes
I went down a rabbit hole trying to figure out why my medication costs $6,600 a month ~health healthcare medicine Article 4428 words, published Apr 26 2019 11 votes
A Brazilian drug bust led to a parrot’s arrest. The feathered vertebrate almost foiled an undercover raid. ~news crime Article 157 words, published Apr 25 2019 11 votes
How the US military's opium war in Afghanistan was lost ~humanities.history Article 2505 words 7 votes
Lou Ortenzio was a trusted West Virginia doctor who got his patients—and himself—hooked on opioids. Now he’s trying to rescue his community from an epidemic he helped start. ~health medicine Article 5237 words 5 votes