We also found that states that legalized recreational marijuana earliest (for example, in the early 2000s) experience larger decreases in opioid deaths.

Drug use among seniors is surging, with cannabis consumption among U.S. adults 65 and older jumping nearly 46% from 2021 to 2023, revealing a shifting landscape in how older generations approach ...

Marijuana is fully legal for medicinal or recreational purposes in 24 states in 2025, including five of the six states bordering Pennsylvania. Gov. Josh Shapiro and some state legislators say it’s ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) -Legal recreational marijuana sales could cost you more than money; they could also cost you your job. Ohio companies aren't required to change their drug policies now that it's ...

In the past few months, it’s become nearly impossible to buy Ketaset in New York City’s underground drug market. Made by Fort Dodge, an Iowa-based pharmaceutical firm, Ketaset is a brand of ketamine, ...

Recreational ketamine use has increased in the United States in recent years, outpacing its rise as a treatment for depression, a new analysis suggests. The hallucinogenic drug — a controlled ...

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency plans to reclassify marijuana from the most restrictive category — Schedule I, up there with heroin — down to Schedule III, in the company of testosterone and Tylenol ...

A Maryland task force studying the pros and cons of natural psychedelics recommended that state lawmakers take steps toward decriminalizing natural psychedelics for medical and recreational use in the ...

The drug ketamine made headlines when it was revealed that actor Matthew Perry had “acute effects of ketamine" in his system that led to his drowning in October 2023. Perry had ketamine levels akin to ...