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Scientist checking marijuana plants at a federal marijuana facility at the University of Mississippi

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DEA mellowing out on cannabis would make medical research easier

The US Drug Enforcement Agency is mulling its classification of marijuana and reviewing the science - something its tough laws have stymied

News

LSD tablets packaged in a sheet with colour illustration printed over it

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It’s crazy that latest LSD study is first to scan brains on acid

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Multicoloured brain scans

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First LSD brain imaging study offers insights into consciousness

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Armed soldier stands guard with rectangular packs ablaze in the background

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Just say maybe: Is the world ready to abandon the war on drugs?

Insight

The front of GSK's headquarters showing its logo

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Calls for pharma to follow GSK and make drugs more accessible

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Big Ben poppers

Space

Feedback: Poppers burn a hole in the UK's blanket drugs ban

Regulars

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Humans

The Myth of the Moral Brain: Could a drug make us nicer people?

CultureLab

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US introduces measures to tackle opioid painkiller epidemic

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Building in Rennes, France, where drug trial took place

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Drug may have hit wrong brain target in French clinical trial

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MRSA bacteria

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MRSA superbug’s resistance to antibiotics is broken

Two compounds can make MRSA vulnerable to the drugs they normally resist, showing that antibiotic resistance can be beaten  

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Tap the placebo effect to unlock your body's healing powers

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Cancer’s penicillin moment: Drugs that unleash the immune system

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Use vaccines as a weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

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Life

The mushroom man who wants the world to take fungi seriously

Opinion

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