For the first time, researchers are able to describe how the dopamine transporter involved in cocaine use operates at the molecular level, which could pave the way to future targeted treatments.

The headline-making drug has been linked to the death of Liam Payne and named in a civil lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs Ian West/PA Images via Getty; Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor in ...

Pink is the new white – at least in the international, dynamic domain of synthetic drugs. A potent powder known among users and traffickers as "pink cocaine" is gaining traction in the United States, ...

Pink cocaine is a new designer drug. It’s typically a powdery mix of ketamine and illegal substances likely dyed with food coloring. Sometimes it may have a sweet smell, like strawberries. The drug, ...

President Nixon famously declared recreational drugs to be "public enemy number one". However, while the United States' war on drugs continues (albeit with signs of de-escalation in some states), ...

In Pawtucket, R.I., near a storefront advertising "free" cell phones, J.R. sat in an empty back stairwell and showed a reporter how he tries to avoid overdosing when he smokes crack cocaine. (NPR is ...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that “cocaine is no worse than whiskey” as he suggested the global cocaine industry could be “easily dismantled” if the drug was legalized worldwide.

Illegal drug-production labs may be releasing substances into the water that could harm Brazilian sharpnose sharks and other marine animals. Biologist Paulo dos Santos measures a Brazilian sharpnose ...