Ninety-five percent of all drug-related deaths in America result from legal substances. For as much as the war on drugs is sold as necessary to keep Americans safe, illegal drugs kill shockingly few people, according to Vox. In 2014, almost 440,000 ...

Paranoia is an unsettling and sometimes debilitating experience that many associate with illicit drug use. However, what many don’t realize is that some common, legal drugs can also contribute to paranoid thoughts or feelings. These substances, while ...

When people consider the connections between drugs and violence, what typically comes to mind are illegal drugs like crack cocaine. However, certain medications — most notably, some antidepressants like Prozac — have also been linked to increase risk ...

This is Checking Out, a column about how we shop, what we buy, and how it all makes us feel. Email tips and ideas to [email protected]. Before recreational marijuana went legal in California, you could find black-market dispensaries selling the ...

The saying is true: It's all available on the Net, including legal drugs that can end your life. One, phenazepam, is usually made in Russia, and is available legally without prescription throughout much of the world — because it's not on the list of ...

Cannabis, cocaine and heroin have interesting life stories and long rap sheets. We might know them today as illicit drugs, but each was once legal. Then things changed. Racism and politics played a part in how we viewed them. We also learned more about ...

Pharmaceutical companies are waging war against federal agencies over one of the Inflation Reduction Act’s major provisions allowing Medicare to negotiate 10 drugs to reduce out-of-pocket costs for patients. The highly anticipated list released in late ...

President Trump signed an executive order to classify marijuana as a less dangerous substance, a move applauded by Michigan's marijuana industry.