Science of 'Protein Origami' Unfolds
• Tanya Lewis via LiveScience.comThere's now a way to make "protein origami" — self-assembling shapes made of twisted molecular strands— a new study reveals.
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Navy tests new weapons in the war on
• Cammy Clark via The Miami HeraldOn the flight deck of the HSV 2 Swift, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Sinclair Harris received instructions Friday on how to launch the 13-pound drone that looks like a model airplane built by a teenager in the family garage.
Gilead-Bristol Hepatitis C Drug Combo Cures All in Study
• Simeon Bennett via Bloomberg.comA hepatitis C drug combination from Gilead Sciences Inc. (GILD) and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) cured all patients in a trial, demonstrating the success of a cocktail that may never be approved.
The White House's Latest Drug Policy Plan Is Actually Based On Science
• Shaunacy Ferro via PopSci.comIn the U.S., how the government approaches drugs has very little to do with science. The War on Drugs has put the focus on incarceration and enforcement, not on the public health aspects of addiction.
The White House's Latest Drug Policy Plan Is Actually Based On Science
• popsci.comAmerica's drug czar has announced that the nation's drug policy should be governed by neuroscience, not politics.
A Library Of Every Drug That Could Ever Exist
• popsci.comDrug researchers go along on a stochastic voyage.
Marijuana - A cure for cancer?
• naturalnews.comIf you're over 21, marijuana is legal to smoke and have in possession (under 1 ounce) here in the state of Washington. Many users do so for the effects the THC found in marijuana has on the body. THC is the substance in marijuana that gets you "felli
Shedding New Light On Basement Marijuana Technology
• Martha Harbison via PopSci.comOne man's experience with LED grow lights
The Three Best Kinds Of Marijuana In The Country
• Business InsiderPot magazine High Times held its annual Cannabis Cup this past weekend in Denver.
Smoking Pot And Popping THC Pills Combat Pain, Study Finds
• Francie Diep via PopSci.comThis is the first study to compare smoking marijuana and pills that contain the psychoactive chemical in the plant.
Marijuana Pill May Be Better for Pain
• Rachael Rettner via LiveScience.comA pill form of marijuana may work just as well to relieve pain as the smoked form, but with fewer side effects, new research suggests.
The Real Story About Marijuana Legalization According To A Top Insider In The Movement
• Business InsiderWe recently had the chance to chat with Ethan Nadelmann, founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, an organization that has been at the forefront of the country's marijuana legalization and decriminalization efforts.
Smoking Pot And Popping THC Pills Combat Pain, Study Finds
• http://www.popsci.com, By Francie DiepThis is the first study to compare smoking marijuana and pills that contain the psychoactive chemical in the plant.
Multifunctional Drugs May Offer Better-Than-Additive Effects
• Susan Young via TechnolgyReview.comA startup called Catabasis is developing drugs that hit diseases at multiple targets.
Meet Justin Hartfield, The Entrepreneur Who Wants To Be America's First Marijuana Industrialist
• Business InsiderThe accelerating legalization of marijuana has brought about an entirely new, legal industry around the drug.
Can Virtual Reality Treat Addiction?
• Colin Lecher via PopSci.comResearchers are plugging in smokers, alcoholics, and even crack addicts to expose them to a relapse environment--and teach them how to deal with it. Will it work?
Why It's So Hard For Scientists To Study Medical Marijuana
• Shaunacy Ferro via PopSci.comThe nation's research-grade cannabis is controlled by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, whose mission to curb use is at odds with that of researchers looking to study pot's therapeutic properties.
5 Crazy Machines Smugglers Use To Get Drugs Across The Border
• Kelsey D. Atherton via PopSci.comCatapults, cannons, submarines, and more!
FYI: Can Humans Get High On Catnip?
• Francie Diep via PopSci.comRelated: Can cats get high on marijuana?
The Chemistry of Nitrous-Powered, Pot-Infused Liquor
• Paul Adams via PopSci.comHow one New York bartender fused alcohol and marijuana forever
Why Doctors Can't Give You LSD (But Maybe They Should)
• Shaunacy Ferro via PopSci.comFor the first time since the 1970s, researchers are being allowed to study the potential medical properties of the most tightly controlled substances around. But it's not easy.
The Chemistry of Nitrous-Powered, Pot-Infused Liquor
• Paul Adams via PopSci.comHow one New York bartender fused alcohol and marijuana forever
Why Doctors Can't Give You LSD (But Maybe They Should)
• http://www.popsci.com, By Shaunacy FerroFor the first time since the 1970s, researchers are being allowed to study the potential medical properties of the most tightly controlled substances around. But it's not easy.
FDA Bars Generic Versions of Painkiller OxyContin
• Wall Street JournalThe FDA decision extends Purdue Pharma LP's patent protection of OxyContin for at least another year, if not much longer. The blockbuster pain drug racked up sales of $2.8 billion last year. By blocking generic entrants, the FDA will reward companies
Winding down the War on Drugs
• http://www.vinsuprynowicz.comNevada voters approved medical marijuana at the polls, placing it in the state constitution in the year 2000 and instructing “The Legislature shall provide by law for … appropriate methods for supply of the plant to patients authorized to use it.”
FDA secretly retests 100 different drugs after testing company admits its work was all fraudulent
• Rob Garver and Charles Seife, ProPublicaOn the morning of May 3, 2010, three agents of the Food and Drug Administration descended upon the Houston office of Cetero Research, a firm that conducted research for drug companies worldwide.
Afghanistan’s opium cultivation to surge in 2013: UN
• The RawStory.comOpium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan is expected to increase for a third straight year, expanding even to poppy-free areas this year, a United Nations report warned on Monday.
.The Science Of PSAs: Do Anti-Drug Ads Keep Kids Off Drugs?
• Shaunacy Ferro via PopSci.comFrom Reefer Madness to Nancy Reagan's famous "Just Say No," we're constantly trying to convince kids that drugs aren't as fun as they think they are.
Microbes Can Mass-Produce Malaria Drug
• Emily Singer via TechnologyReview.comThanks to extensive genetic engineering, drugmakers can now brew large vats of the malaria drug artemisinin, stabilizing the world supply.
Scientists find new key ingredient for anti-malaria drug
• The RawStory.comUS scientists on Wednesday said they had used baker’s yeast to make a key ingredient of malaria drugs, a feat that could iron out fluctuations in supply caused by sourcing the chemical from a Chinese herb.
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