Drugs articles

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  Crack babies: The New York Times chronicles public hysteria over a 1980s 'crisis'

  By Chris Welch on May 21, 2013 10:21 am + 25 comments

  Throughout the 1980s, the media frequently covered crack cocaine's spread across the US. In Continue reading…

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  New technique could identify deadly superbugs within minutes

  By Amar Toor on May 8, 2013 09:30 am + 3 comments

  Researchers in the US have developed a technique that could prove critical in the fight against Continue reading…

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  Legal pot growers struggle to reap profits

  By Jeff Blagdon on April 23, 2013 04:50 am + 43 comments

  The recent recreational marijuana legalization in Colorado and Washington illustrates just how Continue reading…

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  CDC tells US doctors to watch for H7N9 bird flu from China

  By Carl Franzen on April 19, 2013 05:03 pm + 18 comments

  A recent outbreak of a new strain of avian influenza (bird flu) has killed at least 17 people in Continue reading…

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  New strain of avian flu in China is deadlier to humans than birds, researchers report

  By Carl Franzen on April 18, 2013 04:50 pm + 19 comments

  Researchers in Japan and the US have analyzed the genes of a new strain of avian (bird) flu that's k Continue reading…

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  Killer cure: why is the US creating new viruses and stockpiling the vaccines?

  By Carl Franzen on April 17, 2013 10:57 am + 43 comments

  Is the US government prepared to respond to a major biological weapons attack or lethal Continue reading…

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  'Could you poison your child?': images from a century of medical propaganda

  By Amar Toor on April 12, 2013 02:39 pm + 47 comments

  The US National Library of Medicine is much more than a library about medicine. Founded in 1836, the Continue reading…

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  The psychedelic revolution is not being televised

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 9, 2013 05:50 am + 57 comments

  Synthetics — a wide-reaching drug "class" of sorts that utilizes man-made compounds and substances Continue reading…

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  Apple's iMessage encryption hindering DEA's ability to wiretap suspects

  By Matt Brian on April 4, 2013 09:19 am + 133 comments

  A leaked document from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has revealed Apple's iMessage Continue reading…

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  Generic drug trade wins big after court refuses cancer medicine patent

  By Aaron Souppouris on April 1, 2013 04:53 am + 150 comments

  The Supreme Court in India has left the door open for the generic drug trade to manufacture cheap Continue reading…