Today’s illicit chemists can quickly cook up drugs far more dangerous than fentanyl. By Jonathan Corum and Matt Richtel Illicit labs are creating new synthetic drugs at breakneck speed. Dangerous, ...
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday targeting imported brand name drugs with a 100 percent tariff, citing the U.S.’s “import reliance” as reason for the decision. “I have determined ...
Many people might think of powdered or injectable drugs as being widespread items in jails and prisons. But now something far simpler has reportedly become ubiquitous. Correctional facilities across ...
The White House said Friday it’s adding three drugs for diabetes and lung disease to the self-pay platform TrumpRx, as the administration works to expand the site as part of its push to lower drug ...
Americans are furious about drug prices. The Trump administration’s answer? A new website. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. But more ...
Sharks off the coast of the Bahamas are getting into drugs like cocaine, caffeine and painkillers — or rather, drugs are getting into them. The contaminated blood of species including nurse sharks and ...
In the year 2000, a team of Yale researchers published a surprising paper. The team had given ketamine, a mind-altering drug that is normally used to anesthetize patients during surgery, to ten people ...
Drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound have been hailed as miracle treatments. But one in 10 people are what scientists call “non-responders.” By Simar Bajaj and Dani Blum When Jessica Layeux, a cybersecurity ...
A patient of mine, a veteran who had tried to quit smoking for over a decade, told me that after he started a GLP-1 drug for his diabetes, he lost interest in cigarettes. He didn’t use a patch. He ...
GLP-1 drugs reduced substance use disorders in patients with type 2 diabetes. GLP-1 users had lower odds of new disorders or adverse outcomes of existing disorders. Effect was seen across broad range ...
AURORA, COLORADO - NOVEMBER 18: An Ozempic box and pen are seen at Children's Hospital in Aurora, CO, November 18, 2024. (Photo by Kevin Mohatt for The Washington Post via Getty Images) Senior ...
Harvard economist Roland Fryer draws on a deeply personal experience to examine what economics reveals about drugs, addiction, and the laws meant to contain them. Photo: Free to Choose Network Cartel ...