Cocaine Is Destroying Forests in Central America
Once-forested lands are being used in money laundering operations
What We Know About the CIA’s Midcentury Mind-Control Project
Project MKUltra began on this day in 1953 and continued for years
U.S. Heroin Use Has Risen Dramatically Since 2001
White males under 45 are most likely to report using the drug
Could Magic Mushrooms One Day Help Cancer Patients Face Down Death?
Two new studies show the promise of psilocybin for patients with anxiety and depression
New Doping Tests Are Turning Past Runners-Up Into Olympic Medalists
Over 75 medal winners from the 2008 and 2012 games have been busted for doping, scrambling the Olympic record books
Addict Ants Show That Insects Can Get Hooked on Drugs, Too
How researchers got a non-mammal hooked on drugs for the first time
Streams Around Baltimore Are Flush With Amphetamines
So many people are sending drugs down the drain, increasing amounts are ending up in waterways
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Meth Lab Injuries Are Increasing
Makeshift laboratories can cause burns, respiratory problems
A Parade of Bright Flowers in a City With a Dark Past
Farmers carried 500 dazzling flower designs through the streets of Medellín, Colombia
An Explosion at a National Lab is Being Linked to Meth
A former combustion research lab seems to have been used for a very different purpose: cooking methamphetamine
Heroin Use in the United States Increased 150 Percent Between 2007 and 2013
Cheap sources and painkiller addiction are contributing factors
When This Photographer Got Sick, He Started Taking Beautiful Photos of Painkillers and Tears
The extreme closeups were one way for the photographer to understand what he was taking
Engineered Yeast Could Open up a DIY Painkiller Market
The modified microbes could also make cheaper and better opiates
Here’s More About the Drug Behind Indiana’s HIV Epidemic
Illegal use of Opana, or oxymorphone, is fueling a public health crisis in Scott County, Ind.
U.S. Heroin Overdose Rate Nearly Quadruples
As prescription painkillers become more difficult to abuse, the face of heroin addiction is changing
Heroin Use Is on the Rise Again, Thanks to Suburban White Users
OxyContin is heroin’s new gateway drug, experts say
No, “Bath Salts” Won’t Turn You Into a Cannibal
But now we have a better idea what the latest generation of the drugs is really doing to your brain
In an Effort to Stop Poaching, Namibia Will Remove All of Its Rhinos’ Horns
That extreme measure will likely not be enough to stop the killing, however, so the country is also bolstering its anti-poaching patrols
Can Free Crack Pipe Kits—Like Free Heroin Needles—Reduce Disease Transmission?
A group in San Francisco plans to hand out free crack pipes, but the city is not convinced it’ll help reduce the spread of HIV and Hep C
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