SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – State health officials warned consumers on Friday not to eat PolkaDot brand Mushroom Magic Blend Chocolate Bars as they have had psychoactive drugs added to them.

For nearly a century, it's been known that drugs of abuse alter the immune system. Since the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s, however, an explosion of data has given rise to a rapidly ...

Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) are chemically engineered substances designed to mimic the effects of traditional controlled drugs such as opioids, stimulants, and cannabinoids. These compounds ...

Teens are using delta-8 THC—a cannabinoid that’s closely related to the psychoactive chemical in marijuana—in high numbers. While delta-8 is legal in 22 states, it’s highly understudied. And this ...

The consumption of powerful psychoactive drugs is a feature of other species beyond humans. Psychopharmacologist Ronald Siegel most famously raised public and scientific awareness of the unmistakable ...

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 ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Ohio might become the first state in the nation to classify kratom as Schedule I and designate all natural and synthetic kratom compounds as illegal drugs. This comes as Gov.

American teenagers are increasingly using a psychoactive substance called delta-8, sparking concerns the compound could pose a serious public health risk, a nation-wide study has found. Delta-8 THC, ...

The Delhi Police Crime Branch has busted a major interstate psychotropic drug racket with the arrest of three persons and seizure of 31 kg of Alprazolam (psychotropic drug), approximately three lakh ...

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) resulting from head trauma or blast explosions are a leading cause of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and suicide among military veterans. Few ...

The number of children being prescribed psychotropic, or mind-altering, drugs grows every day. HealthDay News reports 1 out of every 13 children is taking at least one medication for emotional or ...