Scientists at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and University center Unisanté classified 35 commonly used drugs in Switzerland based on their impact on the aquatic biodiversity. Scientists at the ...

The move to reclassify cannabis from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug could spark new studies into pain, aging and women's health, Dr. Staci Gruber tells GBH's All Things Considered.

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Nitazenes, like this powder sample, are a class of synthetic opioids more potent than morphine and fentanyl. Joe Lamberti/The Washington Post via Getty Images Nitazenes are psychoactive substances, or ...

President Trump recently signed an executive order changing marijuana’s Controlled Substances Act classification from ...

Researchers have turned the spotlight on a new class of drugs that they say could “transform” the field of medicine – and the drugs work by targeting aging. The researchers, from the Mayo Clinic in ...

Cannabis may be on its way to being less restricted in the U.S. after a recent recommendation from the Health and Human Services Department to reschedule the drug's classification. Last week, the HHS ...

President Trump is expected to sign an order that would reschedule marijuana to a lower drug classification, according to two sources, in one of the most significant changes to drug policy in decades.