New psychoactive substances, originally developed as potential analgesics but abandoned due to adverse side effects, may ...

Rather than thinking that adolescence ends at 18, groundbreaking brain research has shown that critical brain developmental ...

New psychoactive substances, originally developed as potential analgesics but abandoned due to adverse side effects, may ...

In recent years, scientific interest in psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found in “magic mushrooms,” has surged, driven ...

Identifying “designer drugs,” or so-called “legal highs” quickly is a public health challenge plaguing hospital emergency rooms, forensic labs, and law enforcement agencies globally. These are ...

New research tracks how THC exposure during pregnancy disrupts fetal brain development and leads to sustained structural ...

DMT, or dimethyltryptamine, is a natural psychoactive molecule found in many plants and mammals. According to an article published in Science Advances, researchers from the HUN-REN BRC Institute of ...

Following recommendations by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) has decided to place five new psychoactive substances and one medicine under ...

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 ...

The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has issued a drug alert to warn residents of an increase in drug overdoses in the region.