A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing highlighted the emerging conflict between drug policies and scientific research. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pressed FDA official Dr. Sushmita ...

For more than 50 years, marijuana has been classified as a Schedule I drug, alongside drugs considered to have no accepted medical use, thanks to then-President Richard Nixon’s so-called War on Drugs.

The move will bring enormous tax benefits to medical marijuana producers and may speed research into its effects, experts say ...

For the first time in decades, there are positive signs that the overdose crisis is finally slowing. What’s behind this progress is subject to debate, but one of its likely drivers is policy reform.

A major new report says decriminalising all drug use is the best way to combat rising addiction and harm. The Drug Foundation is recommending a complete overhaul of the Misuse of Drugs Act, throwing ...

10:29 a.m. Sept. 25, 2024: A previous version of this article misstated the classification of Adderall as a controlled substance. It is Schedule II, not Schedule III. For the first time in decades, ...