Drugs

Health

Common Pharmaceutical Drugs Don’t Work For Many People — Here’s What Researchers Think Is Happening

By Jyoti Madhusoodanan and Undark
Health

This Common Diabetes Drug Was Thought to Revolutionize Cancer — Here’s What Happened Instead

By Amber Dance and Knowable Magazine
Science

Is The DEA Reclassification For Marijuana Good For Science? A Drug Policy Expert Weighs In

By Chris Meyers and The Conversation
Health

The Truth About Using Psilocybin For Depression

By Johan Lundberg, Guusje Haver and The Conversation
Health

What Really Happens When You Try to Tan Away Your Acne

By Karl Lawrence, Wisam Alwan and The Conversation
Health

Psilocybin Helped People With This Common, Overlooked Mental Health Disorder

By Elana Spivack
Health

Pot Laws Are About To Change in 26 States — Here's What To Expect

By Boyoung Seo and The Conversation
Health

New Study Found Severe Mental Health Risks Linked to Common ADHD Meds

By Elana Spivack
Health

This Commonly Used Drug May Significantly Extend Fertility, According to A Novel Study

By Stéphane Berneau and The Conversation
Health

New Brain Scan Study Reveals How A Psychedelic Trip Looks In Real Time

By Lauren Leffer
Health

Lead, Arsenic, and Other Toxic Metals are Lurking in Commonly Purchased Tampons

By Lauren Leffer
Detox

Can You Really Build Up A Tolerance to Weed? Yes, And It Could Be A Good Thing

By Elana Spivack
Health

MDMA’s Future As A Treatment For PTSD Is In Question

By Elana Spivack
Science

The Promise — And Perils — Of 5-MeO-DMT

By Undark and Lourdes Medrano
Health

This Experimental Male Birth Control Works Even Better Than Expected

By Elana Spivack
Health

Are Fish Oil Supplements Too Good To Be True? Here's What a New Study Found

By Hannah Docter-Loeb
Health

A New Study Found This Molecule Is Linked to Less Anxiety While Stoned

By Elana Spivack
Health

Longest Clinical Trial Yet Of Weight Loss Drug Wegovy Reveals Significant Side Effects

By Hannah Docter-Loeb
Health

This Simple One-Shot Vaccine Could Protect Against a Host of Coronaviruses

By The Conversation and Rory Hills
Health

How Legalization Has Made Pot A Lot More Potent

By Ty Schepis and The Conversation
Health

LSD — Yes, LSD — Shows Promising Results For Treating Anxiety

By Colin Davidson and The Conversation
Health

Can Ozempic Actually Affect Fertility? Here’s What Two Experts Think Is Going On

By The Conversation, Robert Norman and Karin Hammarberg
Health

Will The Science For Psychedelic Drugs Ever Line Up With The Law?

By Ben Seal and Knowable Magazine
Health

Is Marijuana As Safe As We Think? Experts Reveal What's Still Largely Unknown

By Miriam Fauzia
Health

New Twin Study Reveals A Potential Brain-Gut Connection

By The Conversation and Mary Ni Lochlainn
Sweat science

Can You Sweat Out THC? The science behind exercise and weed

By Ali Pattillo
Health

The Quest for ‘Budget Ozempic’ Has Led to this Harmful TikTok Diet Trend

By The Conversation and Swrajit Sarkar
Health

Are Supplements FDA Approved? Inside the Wild West of Diet Pills and Protein Powder

By Emily Hemendinger, Katie Suleta and The Conversation
Health

A Cell Biologist Reveals the Forgotten Connection Between This Fat Byproduct and Longevity

By Eyleen Jorgelina O'Rourke and The Conversation
HORIZONS

Ketamine can treat depression — but teletherapy could make it accessible

By Nick Hilden

Patrick Radden Keefe interview: "They wanted permission to be able to market [OxyContin] to kids"

By Katie MacBride
Mind and Body

Does creatine make you stronger? How the supplement may boost athleticism

By Ali Pattillo
Longreads

66 years ago, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous tried LSD — and ignited a controversy still raging today

By Katie MacBride
FEATURE

Male birth control is at our fingertips. Will we ever grasp it?

By Elana Spivack

“Aharon said it was healing:” How psychedelic therapy was undermined by abuse

By Katie MacBride
Codex

Covid-19 booster shot: Schedule, side-effects, concerns, and usefulness

By Nick Lucchesi, Sarah Sloat, Claire Cameron and John Wenz
Awkward Phase

Reggie Watts on his love of weed, Night Ranger, and 'The Breakfast Club'

By Jen Glennon
Future of You

Why the future of periods could be none at all

By Elana Spivack
Get your shots!

Flu vaccine: 7 hidden health benefits you need to know

By Jennifer Walter
Bad Booze

Early aging and more: 5 ways alcohol harms health

By Jennifer Walter
Mind and Body

Test your knowledge of CBD with this 5-question quiz

By JoAnna Wendel
Mind and Body

Weed & sex: Researchers find 2 positive effects on mental health

By Rod Knight and Natasha Parent
Don't trip

LSD-like drug may treat depression without the "trip" effect — mouse study

By Katie MacBride
Health

Exercise, Alcohol, and Drugs Can All Dramatically Rewire The Brain, Research Shows

By Karla Kaun and The Conversation
Good trip

A single dose of psilocybin may alleviate major depression for 12 weeks, study finds

By Katie MacBride
Health

Can Poppy Seeds Trigger a Positive Drug Test? An Addiction Specialist Has the Answer

By The Conversation and Gary Reisfield
Mind and Body

Immunosuppressant Provides Effective Male Birth Control (for Mice)

By Ben Guarino
A Trip Begins

Scientists uncover the molecular origins of an LSD trip

By Emma Betuel
Sunday Scaries

Does cannabis help with headaches? What scientists know so far

By Sarah Sloat
Detox

Should You Take Regular Breaks from Coffee? Two Caffeine Experts Reveal the Surprising Answer

By Elana Spivack