Examining the opioid, cannabis and other drug industries.
Fueled by misleading marketing claims, the German drugmaker’s painkiller tapentadol is on the rise.
Pharma companies selling opioids worldwide and profiting as addiction and overdoses mount, a global investigation finds.
With one in four adults worldwide affected by persistent pain, experts urge a shift away from treatment with opioids, which carry risks of addiction and overdose.
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Tactics used to persuade U.S. doctors that potent painkillers could be safely prescribed have been used abroad, an investigation shows.
Highly Legal is a reporting collaboration about new cannabis products, produced in partnership with AL.com, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, PennLive and USA TODAY.
People in states where marijuana remains illegal are failing drug tests and facing major repercussions even though they say it is legal hemp that they are consuming.
Architect of hemp law says she ‘did not know’ that highly-potent compounds could be made from the plant.
As a new kind of legal weed takes the U.S. by storm, regulators, law enforcement and even industry voices are calling for more oversight.
Marijuana for recreational use remains outlawed in half of the U.S. — yet it is easy to buy gummies, vapes and other products that deliver a high in many of those same states.
