Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche signed an order Thursday reclassifying state-licensed marijuana as a less dangerous drug, changing a policy that has for decades made the drug’s potential medicinal benefits more difficult to research.

BATON ROUGE, La. ( Louisiana First) — The Gonzales Police Department arrested five people who were accused of selling drugs. According to a release, GPD, the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office, and the Drug Enforcement Administration conducted a search warrant of a home in the 12000 block of Cypress Ridge Drive after a drug investigation.

A new synthetic opioid, cychlorphine, is emerging in illicit drug markets and forensic labs, raising fresh concerns for public health and law enforcement. Its distinct chemistry and ease of synthesis make it harder to track,

Officials with the San Francisco Department of Public Health say the drug, known as cychlorphine, surfaced in a counterfeit pill.

Drug overdose deaths continue to drop in the U.S., but experts say new street drugs made from synthetic chemicals are emerging rapidly.

President Donald Trump and his Pentagon chief say U.S. military strikes on suspected drug boats in waters off Latin America are saving lives by preventing narcotics from reaching America’s shores. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access ...

Minnesotans turned in bags of old medications Saturday as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, an effort aimed at keeping unused prescriptions out of homes and the wrong hands.