Pain Relief Without the High Researchers at Leiden University have set ‘gold standards’ for developing new painkillers based on the medicinal effects of cannabis.
Fentanyl Overdose Deaths Have More Than Doubled in a Single Year, New Data Reveals In a short time period, fentanyl jumped from the 9th most common drug involved in fatal overdoses to the 5th.
New Vaccine Surprises its Creators by Lowering the Risk of Fatal Opioid Overdose "We saw both blunting of the drug's effects and, remarkably, prevention of drug lethality.”
Study of Fatal Car Accidents Suggests Medical Marijuana May be Curbing Opioid Use There were fewer drivers killed in car crashes who tested positive for opioids in states with medical marijuana laws than before the laws went into effect.
8 Things That Happen in the Brain and Body on Opioids Some of the most addictive substances on the planet.
Taking Tylenol Could Reduce Your Ability to Empathize With Others, Study Finds An unexpected side effect of one of the most popular over-the-counter painkillers.
Smoking Marijuana May Be the Solution to the Painkiller Epidemic, Research Suggests Patients who use medical marijuana for chronic pain report a 64 percent decrease in painkiller use.
New Drug Is as Strong as Morphine, but Without Risk of Addiction Even cooler: it’s found naturally in the body.