Beckley News : Drugs

Many of our moods and attitudes can be explained by the levels of different substances in our bodies.

On January 1, Colorado became a social and legal laboratory for marijuana.

Veterans and therapists press the military to overcome misguided fears and opt for a drug policy that helps heal.

Johnson said the sport's governing body should work with the Jamaican star to help promote athletics.

Attorneys general from 28 states have asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reconsider its approval of the powerful narcotic painkiller known as Zohydro (hydrocodone bitartrate).

The artificial sweetener aspartame is safe and poses no threat to health, checks by European food regulators concludes.

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MDMA was once used to get psychotheraphy patients talking in the 1970s before hitting New York nightclubs in the 1980s.

School didn't prepare me for the reality of drugs, or teach me how to deal with my overdosed housemate

Temporary bans on two party drugs known as NBOMe and BenzoFury should be made permanent, government advisers say.

Supermarket chain says staff who refuse to sell alcohol to parents accompanied by children are right to be over-cautious

Recommended efforts to curb prescription abuse include electronic prescriptions, national drug monitoring, doctor-patient contracts

MDMA - the active ingredient in the party drug Ecstasy - has been reviled as a menace, a scourge, and even a killer.

The government should reverse its decision to ban the herb khat because it "has not been taken on the basis of evidence or consultation", a committee of MPs says.

A subtle tweak in the approach to regulating legal highs could provide a glimmer of hope for campaigners demanding a more liberal approach to Britain's drug laws

The move was a major shift that could have far-reaching implications for industrial farming and human health.

DRUGS are harmful, whether they are legal or illegal. The challenge is how to reduce the harms they cause.

Codeine, gasoline, paint thinner, hydrochloric acid, iodine and red phosphorous from matchstick heads.

Albert Hofmann’s Psychedelic Discovery  In November of 1938, Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann was studying the medicinal plant squill and the ergot fungus to create a respiratory and circulatory stimulant, and first synthesized lysergic acid...

A NEW website offering drug users in Derbyshire advice on safety is to be launched this week.
The site, which goes online on Wednesday, has the backing of Derbyshire Police and allows people who use...

THE affordability of alcohol is linked with persistently high death rates in Scotland, according to the NHS.

Ketamine should be upgraded from a Class C drug to Class B after new evidence revealed the damage it can have on the bladder, government advisers are to say.