Drugs News

Berlin - Berlin council voted in favor of the first cannabis café, with the hope of impeding illegal drug dealing. However, accompanying problems remain unsolved.

Some of the victims affected by contaminated steroids drugs are hoping that criminal charges will be brought against the New England Compounding Center, the company that manufactured the medicines.

According to a fairly recent study, ADHD diagnoses for children between the ages of 4 and 17 years old have risen by 42% in the last decade. If these diagnoses are true, more than one in 10 U.S. children have ADHD.

The long-standing diabetes drug metformin has been found to have properties against different types of cancer: uterine, liver, pancreatic, colon, lung, ovarian and breast.

By studying post-mortem human brains of heroin abusers, scientists have found that significant changes in gene networks occur.

Toronto - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was given notice to take leave from his job Wednesday but the man is adamant that he is going nowhere. Later more damaging information was made public.

Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (JPI) of Titusville, N.J., has been fined $1.6 billion for its role is selling a misbranded drug. The drug in question is Risperdal (risperidone).

The playwright Mahmoud Ostad-Mohammad died in July at the age of 62. He is one of the countless Iranian victims of Western sanctions.

Drugs giant Johnson & Johnson has been fined $2.2 billion for promoting medicines for uses not approved as safe and effective by the U.S. FDA.

A new drug-delivery technique has been developed. The technique is the first biodegradable, biocompatible, and non-toxic hydrogel, designed to deliver treatment to people fighting breast cancer.