By Walter Armstrong

Ever wonder why alcoholism seems to run in families? A sibling-brain study just discovered why. MORE  

By Luke Walker

Marijuana-based mouth sprays, meds go to FDA for review, Even light-pocketed Americans keep visiting bars, and Scotland's the fake cocaine capital of the world. MORE  

By Luke Walker

"Bath salts" host flesh-eating bacteria, New Jersey launches prescription drug database to fight abuse, and Heather Locklear released from hospital following drug "incident." MORE  

By Valerie Tejeda

Drug companies and the FDA simply don't how time and transportation conditions affect meds. MORE  

By Ariel Nagi

Several scandals over fake meds have rocked the Chinese pharmaceutical industry, which is a major supplier to the US. MORE  

By Will Godfrey

The FTC may well force changes to the packaging and labels of the notorious "energy beer." MORE  

By Jed Bickman

Questionable ethical and medical standards taint foreign trials of drugs that end up on the US market. MORE  

By Jed Bickman and Walter Armstrong

Contaminated products promising instant weight loss and permanent erections are flooding the U.S., imported by Asian black-market manufacturers. Buyers are suffering the adverse effects.  MORE  

By Dirk Hanson

Defending the Feds' crack-down on legal medical marijuana dealers, the DEA has pronounced that pot is an "ineffective" treatment for pain. But over at the FDA, a prescription painkiller made from cannabis is sailing toward approval. MORE  

By Dirk Hanson

Despite torrents of positive press, Nabi Pharmaceutical's NicVax failed to help smokers quit in FDA trials, causing the company's stock to plunge 69 percent in a single day. MORE