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Suspect takes off running after being told police horse can smell drugsCredit: Lubbock Police Department/TMX

MOT 1951: John Daly interviews reporters Earl Brown of Life Magazine and Ed Mowery of the New York World-Telegram about the teenage drug problem.

The origins of the War on Drugs in the US go back more than a century and are mired in complicated history. However, the story of the ban on cannabis in America can be easily traced to one individual: Harry J. Anslinger, who spent three...

MOT 1951: John Daly interviews reporters Earl Brown of Life Magazine and Ed Mowery of the New York World-Telegram about the teenage drug problem / close-up, teenage boy pleads for leniency from judge.

There are two main types of painkillers: narcotic opioids and aspirin drugs. Narcotic opioids interfere with pain signals in the brain to alter the perception of pain, while aspirin drugs go to the source of pain by inhibiting the...

MOT 1951: John Daly interviews reporters Earl Brown of Life Magazine and Ed Mowery of the New York World-Telegram about the teenage drug problem.

There has been a lot of news lately about increasing crime in states where recreational marijuana has been legalized. Crime is rising in some of these states, but it doesn't seem to be tied to the legal weed.

MOT 1951: group of teenagers standing in front of a judge sitting behind a large American flag / judge reprimanding teens for drug possession and selling, setting a high bail of then thousand dollars / John Daly interviews reporters Earl...

NIST researchers demonstrate techniques for screening illegal drugs for the synthetic opioids like fentanyl that are causing a spike in overdose deaths. More