Recreational Drugs

Delta-8 gummies and vapes sales soared, so did poison calls

Business
Jessica Roberts

Recreational marijuana remains illegal in about half of the U.S. as products that deliver a similar high gain popularity in some of ...

James, Jennifer Crumbley to be sentenced in Oxford H.S. shooting case

U.S.
Amanda Smith

James and Jennifer Crumbley, the first parents in America to be held criminally responsible for a school shooting by their child, are ...

Marijuana activist and ‘Detroit’s resident radical’ John Sinclair has died at 82

Entertainment
Laura Davis

A champion of legal marijuana, counterculture hero and poet, John Sinclair died Tuesday morning at age 82. His representative, Matt Lee, confirmed ...

Methamphetamine plays increasing role in addiction crisis

Health
Rachel Carter

Why fentanyl is the leading cause of overdose deaths in the US Over 150 Americans die every day from overdoses related to ...

Opioid overdoses rising among teens. Why is inpatient care so rare?

Health
Rachel Carter

Alarming rate of drug overdose deaths among children in Cook County UCLA researchers have released new data indicating that death rates among ...

Retiring in Ecuador offered stability. Now Americans weigh new unrest

World
David Turner

At her house in Ecuador’s third largest city, its colonial buildings framed by the Andes mountains, LaRahna Hughes’ phone buzzed repeatedly with ...

Ibogaine helps combat veterans with traumatic brain injury, PTSD

Health
Rachel Carter

Can microdosing on magic mushrooms improve mental health? Psychedelics have become more prevalent in recent years, with claims that they can improve ...

Are the U.S. and China on a collision course after Biden-Xi summit?

U.S.
Amanda Smith

Biden touts restart of military-to-military communication with China President Joe Biden addressed the nation after his meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping, ...

Marijuana linked with heart failure, heart attack: New studies

Health
Rachel Carter

Two new studies exploring the long-term effects of marijuana have found a possible link between use of the drug and one’s risk ...