All over the world, the heavy heads of opium poppies are nodding gracefully in the wind -- long stalks dressed in orange or white petals topped by a fright wig of stamens.
A new study finds the use of birth control pills is associated with significantly lower cortical thickness in certain brain structures believed to be important in the response to emotional stimuli.
Many probiotic supplements contain small amounts of gluten, but whether such traces are harmful for people who can't eat gluten is still unknown, a new study finds.
Psychiatric drugs lead to the deaths of over 500,000 people aged 65 and over annually in the West, a Danish scientist says. He warns the benefits of these drugs are "minimal," and have been vastly overstated.
Due in part to the absurd illegality of common plants such as marijuana and magic mushrooms, the ascendency of big pharmaceutical industries, sanctioned by governments throughout the world, has lead to an incredible number of people now medicating th
Italy's military is strangely responsible for growing the country's first medical marijuana crop. Colonel Antonio Medica, the director of the facility where the marijuana is being grown, told Italian daily Corriere della Sera that the crop is "
12 News' Brahm Resnik moderated an hourlong debate Wednesday night on legalizing marijuana. This is unedited video of the debate at ASU's downtown campus. (4/29/2015) KPNX
All industries are latent with politics. The agriculture, food, and medicine industries, along with the associated policies and government agencies, are no different.
It's 2025, and you just had had a brain operation. You need a painkiller. Bad.
You go to the cabinet in the bathroom, but not for a bottle of pills. Instead, you open the cabinet and pick up a tiny remote control. You press a button, and the LED
In Glossip v Gross justice Elena Kagan cites uncertainty that midazolam puts inmates under enough to avoid feeling sudden infliction of pain from other drugs
Paul Armentano is the Deputy Director of NORML and the NORML Foundation. He has reviewed and commented upon thousands of academic studies and white papers pertinent to cannabis use and its impact on behavior.
My wife recently went to see her doctor for a checkup. A blood test showed that her cholesterol, the calculated low-density lipoprotein one, was elevated.
A crowdfunding campaign for a brain imaging study closed Monday after raising almost $80,000 toward a unique goal: the first functional magnetic resonance images of the brain on LSD.
Last week Monsanto announced that it had patented the first genetically modified strain of marijuana. This news has far-reaching consequences for drugs policy, since cannabis is still an illegal substance
As some US states and municipalities relax restrictions on marijuana use, many employers find themselves caught between old rules – like zero-tolerance policies – and new laws