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The drug supply is constantly evolving, and some experts suggest that a “fourth wave” of the opioid epidemic is underway, in ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro suggested that legalizing cocaine in other countries would help dismantle drug trafficking.

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Lawmakers are not fundamentally altering existing federal fentanyl policy; they are simply continuing a framework that has failed over the past seven years to stop sellers of illicit fentanyl from ...

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The opioid crisis under the Biden administration cost the U.S. $2.7 trillion in 2023 alone, a new study exclusively obtained ...

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Researchers have identified how CBD interacts with cannabinoid receptors to mitigate the negative effects of THC, the psychoactive component of cannabis.

University of Mississippi researchers have discovered how a compound found in cannabis might be used to mitigate the negative ...

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