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Psychedelics Company Raises $100 Million in Push To Legalize Selling MDMA for PTSD
Silicon Valley-based Lykos Therapeutics has submitted an application to the FDA that, if successful, would "reschedule MDMA making it available for prescription medical use,” the organization said.
Drug To Help Dogs Live Longer Has ‘Reasonable Expectation of Effectiveness,’ FDA Says
The San Francisco-based biotech startup that developed the drug celebrated the determination as a "milestone," though there's scant evidence so far that it can reliably lengthen dogs' lifespans.
Just In Time For Pride, the FDA Is Fear-Mongering About Poppers
The agency claimed the drug, popular in queer circles, “can prove fatal.”
The Supreme Court Can’t Stop Underground Abortion Networks. And They’re Thriving.
“No matter what laws and bans are out there, people are going to find a way to get access to the care that they need.”
Brett Kavanaugh Can Now Decide the Future of Abortion Pills
Less than a year after it overturned Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court is once again being asked to referee the nation’s abortion wars.
Why the Hell Is It So Hard to Get Adderall Right Now?
The shortage announced in October is still ongoing, and it’s making patients, providers, and psychiatrists’ lives much more difficult.
The Feds Are Cracking Down on a New Drug That Can Cause ‘Rotting’ Flesh
The FDA said drugs containing the animal sedative xylazine can cause “severe skin wounds and patches of dead and rotting tissue.”
‘Gas Station Heroin’ Was Just Banned in Ohio
Ohio is the latest state to ban tianeptine, an antidepressant known as “zaza” or “gas station heroin” because it can mimic the effects of opioids.
‘Gas Station Heroin’ Is Causing Intense Withdrawals. It’s Legal in Most States.
Tianeptine is an antidepressant. But it’s being sold in the U.S., especially at gas stations, as a dietary supplement and functions like an opioid.
FDA Perhaps Superfluously Warns Teens Not to Cook Chicken in Nyquil
If you eat this chicken, you’re going to be consuming a huge amount of cough syrup.
You Could Get an Omicron Booster as Soon as Next Week
The FDA just authorized new booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer.
‘They Accused Me of Poisoning the Nation:’ Chef Pii's Viral Pink Sauce Has Turned Into a TikTok Nightmare
Chef Pii tells Motherboard how she's handling accusations of poisoning, a fake death, and the FDA.