A psychoactive drug derived from an African plant could transform treatment for addiction and PTSD. Here’s why Tennessee ...

For nearly a century, it's been known that drugs of abuse alter the immune system. Since the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s, however, an explosion of data has given rise to a rapidly ...

More than a dozen new psychoactive drugs have been detected in 16 countries by an international wastewater surveillance program. The University of Queensland-led team analyzed samples in 47 cities in ...

MDMA is part of a new wave of psychoactive drugs that show great potential for treating conditions such as severe depression and PTSD. But not everyone is convinced. And even if such drugs gain FDA ...

Lori Tipton is among the growing number of people who say that MDMA, also known as ecstasy, saved their lives. Raised in New Orleans by a mother with untreated bipolar disorder who later killed ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia seized about 70 pounds of psychoactive drugs labeled as beauty products from China. CBP ...

An audit conducted this summer revealed that children in Florida's foster care system are being prescribed powerful psychotropic medications at alarmingly high rates. In many cases, state child ...

A study published in the journal Antiquity suggested an ancient South American civilization spiked a beer-like drink with psychoactive drugs as a way of maintaining social cohesion and forging new ...

I entered the foster care system at a young age, moving many times. My experience was nothing short of a nightmare. I was told that no one loved or wanted me. Without the nurturing environment and ...