The FDA says patients may be overdosing on imitation semaglutide weight-loss drugs because the directions are unclear

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The FDA shared an alert about off-brand injectable semaglutide products.

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Inside the deadly hunt for "blood jade" marred by heroin and violence

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Myanmar's Kachin State is believed to hold up to 90% of the world's most valuable jade. Demand for it is growing in China, where the stone is considered sacred.

‘Nootropic’ Gummies Sold in Gas Stations Contain Illegal Hallucinogens, Tests Find

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We Can Now See How Psilocybin Changes the Brain

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A map of brain activity.

Scientists tracked changes in brain activity after people took a large dose of psilocybin, finding clues on how the psychedelic drug might help treat depression.

Netflix ordered to remove sex scene depicting a convicted drug trafficker and pay him $16K for violating his privacy

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Former Galician drug trafficker Laureano Oubiña seen leaving a Spanish courthouse in 2023.
Former drug trafficker Laureano Oubiña leaving a Spanish courthouse in 2023.

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Mexican cartels have stolen over $300 million from American seniors in elaborate timeshare property scams

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Money seized by the National Police during the dismantling of the Sinaloa Cartel in Spain, at the Canillas Police Complex.
Money seized by the National Police during the dismantling of the Sinaloa Cartel.

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Bernie Sanders to grill Novo Nordisk CEO on why weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy can cost up to 15 times more in US

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Wegovy injection pens.

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The man Clarence Thomas raised 'as a son' arrested on drug and weapons charges

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Clarence Thomas took in his grandnephew and raised him like a son. Mark Martin now faces more than 25 years on drug and weapons charges.

He taught cops how to fight crypto crime. Now he's accused of running a $100 million dark web drug market.

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A man uses his laptop to access the dark web.

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Zyn, America's favorite nicotine pouch, is running out of stock in some states

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Containers of Zyn's nicotine pouches.

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