By Bryan Le

Turkey considers banning booze ads, study finds "non-smoking" hotel rooms are a myth, and Tommy Chong says marijuana helped him beat cancer. MORE  

By Chrisanne Grise

Repeal of LA's pot shop bans shows activists' clout, black mamba venom is "better than morphine," and Breaking Bad's Walter White becomes an action figure. MORE  

By McCarton Ackerman

Disregarding experts' advice, the FDA won't make special training in prescribing pain pills mandatory. MORE  

By Chrisanne Grise

People who obtain large volumes of pills in one state and sell them in another are a growing focus of the Rx drug battle. MORE  

By Maia Szalavitz

A surge in abuse has lead to a nationwide crackdown on pain meds. But while only 1% of legitimate patients get hooked,  many doctors treat ailing patients like criminals, while actual addicts get off scot-free. MORE  

By Joe Shrank

A new lawsuit filed by retired NFLers over the league-wide use of a powerful painkiller begs a question: Who's looking out for the players? MORE  

By Dirk Hanson

Discovery of a mechanism that triggers inflammatory pain could lead to safer painkilling medications. MORE  

By Walter Armstrong

Why are young Americans downing prescription pills at a fever pitch? A major new study places much of the blame on the Web. MORE  

By Dirk Hanson

The return of PCP-laced cigarettes, Obama's Anti-Oxy crusade, and a Meth Epidemic on Sesame Street. MORE  

By Walter Armstrong

In the past decade, the number of patients attending rehab for opioid addiction has increased by a factor of five. Do pill-pushing doctors deserve some of the blame? MORE