Ephedra seeds found in an ancient burial pit may be the earliest evidence yet for the medicinal use of plants.

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Archaeologists exploring an ancient burial cave in northern Morrocco were surprised to find 15,000-year-old evidence of drug ...

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Scientists have uncovered 15,000-year-old medicinal herbs, shedding light on Stone Age health practices that echo today’s ...

Federal officers in British Columbia seized drugs and chemical precursors that could produce about 96 million opioid doses, the authorities said. By Vjosa Isai Reporting from Toronto Canadian ...

Pink cocaine is an unpredictable party drug mix often containing ketamine, MDMA, and other substances, but it rarely contains actual cocaine. Due to batch-to-batch variability, users can't predict ...

MANILA — The cockiness, expletives and threats unleashed by former President Rodrigo Duterte in a Senate inquiry brought back the nightmare of the bloody “war on drugs” for many families of ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during a Senate investigation on the war on the drugs ...