A study in mice suggests serotonin release underlies the drug’s prosocial effects while dopamine mediates the rewarding properties that drive its potential for abuse.

The school will not return donations from the family that made its riches on opioids, but the university will start a $3 million endowment for addiction prevention and treatment.

Roughly a quarter of 38 viral samples from people treated with Xofluza had mutations in their genomes that made the pathogens less susceptible to the drug.

The Henderson State University academics face charges of manufacturing methamphetamine and using drug paraphernalia.

The move will allow the Belgium-headquartered biopharmaceutical giant to boost its work on treatments for rare diseases.

The FDA has given the green light to the first major new classes of antidepressant therapies in decades, opening up new avenues for therapeutic development.

The federal government cautions that the drug can affect brain development in both teens and fetuses.

A microneedle delivers liquid medicines through tiny, fang-like points.

Miami University’s plant conservatory was growing seedlings of iboga, which contains an illegal, psychoactive substance.