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From Texas Standard: When Justice Louis Brandeis described the states as laboratories of democracy, he couldn't have foreseen election day 2016. As the...
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From Texas Standard: The Texas Attorney General’s office and the Harris County Attorney’s Office are going after shops selling the synthetic cannabinoid...
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From Texas Standard: Concerns are growing over something that's being called the "kill pill" – drugs laced with fentanyl, one of the most powerful...
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Got drugs? We mean the legal kind that you want to get rid of.The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will be taking unwanted and expired prescription…
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For the first time, scientists have scanned the brains of subjects taking LSD, and found that the LSD state mimics that of infants. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with researcher Robin Carhart-Harris.
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Researchers are starting to look at the therapeutic possibilities of psychedelic drugs. A sensation that the self is merging with the world could be due to changes in brain connections, a study says.
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Since 2007, overdose deaths from heroin have skyrocketed. The CDC counted 10,574 heroin overdose deaths in 2014. That represents more than a fivefold…
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Health insurers are trying to spark a price war by refusing to pay for some brand-name medications unless they get a big discount. This forces some people to change their prescriptions.
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Roughly 2.5 million Americans are addicted to heroin and opioids like Oxycontin. Researchers say addiction takes over the brain's limbic reward system, impairing decision making, judgment and memory.
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Three stories of the drug war are woven into a beautifully shot, well made documentary called Kingdom of Shadows. Grieving families, aging former…