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A small pile of cocaine

Chemistry

Genetically modified tobacco plant produces cocaine in its leaves

Researchers have reproduced the entire biochemical pathway for how coca plants make cocaine in another plant, which could help people manufacture the drug for scientific study

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Four cows looking strange

Environment

Feeding cows hemp makes them ‘high’ and their milk could be unsafe

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Our balance naturally declines with age, making serious falls more likely to occur

Health

A daily dose of aspirin raises the risk of falls among older people

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US pardons people convicted for marijuana possession under federal law

Society

US pardons people convicted for marijuana possession under federal law

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Life

The sex of the researcher can influence results of mouse experiments

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Packets of drugs in woman's hands

Health

Drugs that mutate viruses to kill them could make them more dangerous

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Magic Mushroom Spores

Health

Psilocybin therapy seems to help some people give up drinking alcohol

News

A 3D magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the brain of a 65-year-old after a stroke. The orange coloring represents an area of dead tissue

Health

Stroke drug improves memory and repairs injured brain tissue in mice

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Human brain scans

Health

Parts of the brain form a circuit that may fuel smoking addiction

News

Can you take the trip out of psychedelics and still treat depression?

Mind

Can you take the trip out of psychedelics and still treat depression?

As psychedelic medicine edges toward the mainstream, some are trying to make drugs that offer therapeutic benefits without the mind-altering experience. But the experience might be key to how psychedelics transform people's lives

Features

Health

Legalised cannabis in Canada and US hasn’t killed illegal market

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Technology

Origami-inspired robot can deliver drugs at the site they are needed

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Health

AI analyses drug users’ trip reports to better understand psychedelics

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Health

Vaping probably isn’t a gateway to smoking

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