/tags/drugs Drugs en-US Copyright Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:54:47 GMT /health/2024-06-25/xylazine-north-carolina-tranquilizer-overdose-deaths The veterinary tranquilizer is increasingly part of the street drug supply in N.C. Tue, 25 Jun 2024 17:54:47 GMT /health/2024-06-25/xylazine-north-carolina-tranquilizer-overdose-deaths Grace Vitaglione | North Carolina Health ąĎÉńapp /news/2023-04-19/the-state-crime-laboratory-in-raleigh-officially-opens-two-renovated-sections North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein and state lawmakers gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday for the unveiling of the Drug Chemistry and Toxicology units. Wed, 19 Apr 2023 21:57:00 GMT /news/2023-04-19/the-state-crime-laboratory-in-raleigh-officially-opens-two-renovated-sections Sharryse Piggott /news/2022-05-12/fda-gives-expanded-access-to-mdma-as-a-treatment-for-ptsd Clinics in 10 U.S. cities — including one in Western North Carolina — have been approved by the FDA to expand patient access to MDMA. The recreational drug also known as Ecstasy, will be a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. Thu, 12 May 2022 18:12:30 GMT /news/2022-05-12/fda-gives-expanded-access-to-mdma-as-a-treatment-for-ptsd Cory Vaillancourt /health/2022-02-16/id-buy-syringes-north-carolina-complicated-health-news Though North Carolina law permits the sale of syringes to anyone who wants them, pharmacies often set stricter policies. Tighter control likely results from stigma against people who use drugs and fear of legal consequences, but harm reduction advocates have a solution. Wed, 16 Feb 2022 13:53:52 GMT /health/2022-02-16/id-buy-syringes-north-carolina-complicated-health-news Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven | North Carolina Health ąĎÉńapp /news/2020-12-18/unc-suspends-3-fraternities-that-feds-linked-to-drug-ring The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced Friday afternoon it has suspended three fraternities that have been linked to a drug trafficking… Fri, 18 Dec 2020 23:02:25 GMT /news/2020-12-18/unc-suspends-3-fraternities-that-feds-linked-to-drug-ring Associated Press /news/2020-12-17/21-arrested-in-large-scale-fraternity-related-drug-ring Federal and state law enforcement have arrested 21 people associated with a large-scale drug ring involving the North Carolina campuses at UNC-Chapel… Thu, 17 Dec 2020 22:14:35 GMT /news/2020-12-17/21-arrested-in-large-scale-fraternity-related-drug-ring Will Michaels, Rusty Jacobs, Laura Pellicer /military/2020-02-05/killer-high-examining-the-centuries-old-relationship-between-drugs-and-war Warfare has been part of human existence since the beginning — and so have mind-altering substances. Drugs have funded wars, fueled soldiers on the… Wed, 05 Feb 2020 17:17:42 GMT /military/2020-02-05/killer-high-examining-the-centuries-old-relationship-between-drugs-and-war Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-02-05/killer-high-examining-the-centuries-old-relationship-between-drugs-and-war Warfare has been part of human existence since the beginning — and so have mind-altering substances. Drugs have funded wars, fueled soldiers on the… Wed, 05 Feb 2020 17:17:42 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-02-05/killer-high-examining-the-centuries-old-relationship-between-drugs-and-war Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /science-technology/2018-11-29/duke-lab-develops-robotic-nose-that-can-detect-drugs-explosives Researchers at Duke University have created a machine that can smell target odors, such as drugs or explosives.Hiro Matsunami is a molecular genetics and… Thu, 29 Nov 2018 19:18:49 GMT /science-technology/2018-11-29/duke-lab-develops-robotic-nose-that-can-detect-drugs-explosives Rebecca Martinez /law/2016-06-01/how-the-war-on-drugs-affects-property-rights In 1984, President Ronald Reagan signed into law the Comprehensive Crime Control Act. This spurred the "War on Drugs" and allowed the federal government… Wed, 01 Jun 2016 16:12:40 GMT /law/2016-06-01/how-the-war-on-drugs-affects-property-rights Charlie Shelton-Ormond, Frank Stasio