Tag: Drugs
Weed withdrawal: More than half of people using medical cannabis for...
Lara Coughlin, University of Michigan
CC BY-NDIn stark contrast to the overblown fears portrayed during decades past, these days, most people think cannabis is relatively...
Legalizing marijuana, once a pipe dream on Capitol Hill, takes an...
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, University of Southern California
In early December, the House of Representatives passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or the MORE...
How smugglers are shifting staggering amounts of contraband despite the pandemic
Alexander Kupatadze, King's College London
On July 1, Italian police made the largest amphetamine seizure in the world. At the port of Salerno, just south...
Adding women to corporate boards improves decisions about medical product safety
Corinne Post, Lehigh University ; Dave Ketchen, Auburn University; George Ball, Indiana University, and Kaitlin Wowak, University of Notre Dame
The Research Brief is a...
We found and tested 47 old drugs that might treat the...
Nevan Krogan, University of California, San Francisco
The more researchers know about how the coronavirus attaches, invades and hijacks human cells, the more effective the...
Boomers have a drug problem, but not the kind you might...
Laurie Archbald-Pannone, University of Virginia
Baby boomers – that’s anyone born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1964 – are 20% of the population, more...
The opioid crisis is a big issue in New Hampshire –...
Amanda Latimore, Johns Hopkins University
America’s opioid crisis has hit New Hampshire hard, creating an epidemic of overdoses and addiction-related health issues in the early...
Lawyers are trying to scare you with Facebook ads
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon and Jesse King, Weber State University
Some ads can be more than misleading – they can put your health...