How to wrap your head around the finer points of prescription drugs.
Scientists Are Trying to Prove that Addiction Is a Genetic Disease
"There are the genes that control stress, genes that affect drug metabolism, and genes that affect how readily an addiction forms."
You Can Get Busted for Saving Someone's Life in These States
A lawyer guides us through the legal murk of obtaining or using Narcan.
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Doctors Are Too Quick to Give Women Antidepressants
Are they prematurely whipping out those prescription pads?
How to Take Antidepressants and Still Have a Sex Life
Your happiness should not cost you a single orgasm.
Doctors Are Figuring Out How to Treat Babies Born Dependent on Opioids
"You will have to go through dirty looks and whispers because the nurses know who you are. It wasn't until they saw me watching my baby that they trusted me."
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MDMA Mimics a Genetic Disorder Called 'Cocktail Party Syndrome'
Williams syndrome is often called the opposite of autism—so researchers believe MDMA could help people on the autism spectrum.
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The Opioid Problem Is Our Problem
Tonic takes a look at drugs, addiction, and death among young people in the US.
EpiPen Maker Gouged Prices, Then Paid an Exec $98 Million
A group of shareholders wants the company's directors gone.