A class of synthetic drugs called nitazines have been around since the 1950s - but are quickly gaining a foothold in street ...

Nitazenes, a class of synthetic drugs 40 times more potent than fentanyl, are steadily becoming more common on both sides of the Atlantic. Nitazenes were first synthesized in the 1950s by CIBA ...

The Democrats weakened the borders, allowing Mexican drug cartels to smuggle fentanyl into the United States, where it ...

Scientists have known for decades that opioids relieve pain by binding to molecular switches in the brain called mu-opioid ...

McCormick said in a press conference Thursday that he was concerned nitazenes “would become the next fentanyl,” the opioid behind a massive rise in overdose deaths across the U.S.

Carfentanil, a lethal synthetic opioid, is on the rise in Ohio, and experts are concerned about the impact of such a deadly ...

Illicit drugs aren’t tested by the FDA or pure, nor as advertised by drug dealers. Illegal drugs are cartel-driven around profit maximization, cash-only trading, and a form of entrepreneurship.

(THE CONVERSATION) When fewer people belong to unions and unions have less power, the impact goes beyond wages and job security. Those changes can hurt public health and make people more unhappy.

A 32-year-old man been jailed after drugs thought to be heroin and crack cocaine were seized at a house in Preston.