Behavior
Using Marijuana to Get High Dates Back Millennia
Ancient site points to weed’s role in burial rites
Drug Use47 articles archived since 1845
Neuroscience
Behind the Buzz: How Ketamine Changes the Depressed Patient’s Brain
The anesthetic-cum-party drug restores the ability to make connections among brain cells
Medicine
Where Marijuana Is Legal, Opioid Prescriptions Fall
Two new studies support this correlation
Public Health
Researchers Race to Devise a Roadside Test for Driving While High
Could a sensor-studded brain cap pick up signs of impairment?
Drug Use
Molecular Detector Could Find Meth and Other Illegal Drugs
Tests now only detect specific drugs, but this artificial molecule grabs slightly altered forms, too
Drug Use
Why Are Caffeinated Alcoholic Energy Drinks Dangerous?
A Temple University psychology associate professor explains what happens when sedatives and stimulants collide in the body
Pharmaceuticals
Treating Alzheimer’s Before It Takes Hold
Researchers are giving drugs to healthy people in hope of clearing away toxic proteins in the brain and preventing neurodegeneration.
