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It's About to Get a Lot Harder to Buy Flavored Juul Pods
Facing pressure from the FDA, the company just announced it's going to stop selling mango, creme, fruit, and cucumber pods in stores.
FDA: No, You Can't Sell Vape Juice Spiked with Viagra
The agency busted an e-cig company after finding traces of prescription medications in its "healthcare flavors."
Researchers Want Doctors to Be Able to Prescribe Magic Mushrooms for Depression
A new study out of Johns Hopkins University seeks to reclassify psilocybin mushrooms since they have low potential for abuse and few risks of dependence.
The FDA Is Suddenly Obsessed with the Definition of 'Yogurt'
It looks like Big Dairy wants the Trump administration to strip the label from soy- and nut-based versions of the creamy stuff.
Three Ways to Get the HPV Vaccine if You’re Over the Age of 26
A leading sex researcher told us how he navigated the ridiculously challenging process.
There Are Nearly 1,000 Chemicals in Our Food That Have Never Been Tested for Safety
Why the FDA and the EPA aren't set up to protect us from contaminants in the food we eat.
The FDA Is Launching An Anti-Juul Campaign That’s Like D.A.R.E. for Vaping
The agency will be sending out posters to high schools and running digital ads to raise awareness.
Teen vaping "epidemic" has FDA mulling ban on flavored e-cigs
Popular brands have 60 days to prove they're battling teen use or the FDA could yank their products from the shelves.
A New Netflix Doc Exposes Huge Problems With the Way Certain Medical Treatments Are Approved
'The Bleeding Edge' shows how the FDA doesn’t hold medical devices to the same standards of safety and effectiveness as it does prescription drugs, even though some devices will presumably remain in the body for the rest of people's lives.
There’s No Rational Way to Justify America’s Drug Laws
People assume a medical committee sat down to consider which recreational drugs were the safest and least addictive, and this wise group decided alcohol and tobacco should be legal, while marijuana and everything else shouldn't. That's not what happened.
This Bill Could Give Jeff Sessions the Power to Ban Kratom
The Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act (SITSA) would give the Attorney General unilateral power to ban drugs for up to five years.
How Maple Syrup Played a Surprising Role in the Abolition of Slavery
The pancake topping has a remarkably political history.