Why the opioid crisis is an American problem

Citing failed studies, FDA rejects breast cancer drug

Many people want to give trial drugs a chance to save their lives. Here’s how they’ll have to do it

South Africa’s new drug cocktail of choice is devastating its townships

Senate passes food safety overhaul

Malnourished children in sub-Saharan Africa are not getting the life-saving drugs they need

Could legalizing medical marijuana boost the economy?

Scientists search Palau’s coral reefs for new anti-cancer drugs

A Call for Medical Marijuana Research in the Caribbean

North Koreans Substituting Crystal Meth for Medication

Georgia law hopes to keep pharmacies creating lethal injection drugs

Obama administration drops objection to Plan B ruling

Judge rules Plan B must be available to all without a prescription

In Uruguay, raft of political changes defy political labels

Researcher urges U.S. officials to rethink drug policy

Pediatrician group advises doctors pre-write prescriptions for emergency contraception

Israeli company says its developed medical marijuana strain that won’t get you high

New book tells story of ‘medication generation’ — 20-something with years on prescription drugs

Court OKs Netherlands ban on foreigners using famous marijuana cafes

Canada’s First Nations communities wrecked by OxyContin addiction

Tennessee struggling with homemade meth problem

FDA, at the behest of HHS, denies permission to sell Plan B in front of the counter

Governors ask feds to reclassify marijuana as medicine; government balks

Patent expires on blockbuster Lipitor drug; generics on the way

Public gets mixed messages regarding efficacy of Avastin for treating breast cancer

Drug shortages raise health care costs, endanger patients

Wife of powerful Mexican drug lord gives birth in US

DEA declares marijuana has no medical use

Fighting the spread of fake drugs in developing world

FDA controversy over Plan B contraceptive

Personalized medicine

PRI’s ‘The World’: Mexico’s War

Prescription Drugs

FDA Issues its Strongest Warning on Anti-Malaria Drug Lariam

Group Protests ‘Demonization’ of Pot by Planting Marijuana Seeds All Over German Town

America’s Relationship with Marijuana

‘Outlandish’ Stories from Mexico’s Drug War

What Are Compounding Pharmacies and How Are They Regulated?

Mexicans Near Border Relying on Texas Media for News on Drug Violence

Israeli Company Removes THC for New Medicinal Marijuana

Guatemalan President Perez Pushes for Drug Legalization

Panel Endorses HIV Drug Truvada for FDA Approval

Superbugs: India and the Rise of Drug-Resistant Germs

New FDA Guidelines for Nano Particles

Foreigners Banned from Marijuana Cafes in the Netherlands

Fighting to Stem its Growing Debt, Spanish Town Considers Cultivating Cannabis

Soldiers on Drugs

Significant Objects: Your Stories

The Dose Doesn’t Always Make the Poison

FRONTLINE: Opium Brides in Afghanistan

FDA Revokes Approval of Avastin for Treating Breast Cancer

DEA declares Marijuana has no medical use

12,000 Crack Cocaine Inmates May Have Sentences Reduced

Breast Cancer Survivor Questions FDA Decision on Her ‘Miracle’ Drug

FDA slaps new regulations on sunscreen

Colombia’s Latest Tack Against Drug Production

Should Pharmaceutical Reps Have the Right to Doctors’ Prescription Histories?

Smuggling drugs in submarines

The tradition of chewing coca

China torn on smoking issue