new psychoactive substances
Cops Say UK's New Drug Law Will Push More Sales to the Dark Web
Almost six months after the Psychoactive Substances Act, drugs such as spice are advertised on dark web markets.
How the Psychoactive Substances Act Has Affected the UK's Drug Landscape
The stats are in about what the bill has achieved.
The UK Has Banned Drugs That Don’t Even Exist Yet
Scientists and policy experts have raised concerns about the UK government’s broad ban on “psychoactive substances.”
Some of the Everyday Stuff You Have in Your Home That's Illegal from Today
Activists opposed to the Psychoactive Substances Act have been encouraging people to call the police and ask them if what they're about to consume is illegal.
Young People in Ireland Are Taking More Psychoactive Drugs Than Anyone Else in Europe
A study released this week found that young people in Ireland are big into "new psychoactive substances." So we tried to work out why.
Surprise: Now-Illegal 'Legal Highs' Are Widely Available on the Dark Web
As governments crack down on "new psychoactive substances," their presence on the dark web is inevitable.
The Year in Narcotics
A flashback to some of the strangest, tragic, and uplifting drug stories published on Motherboard in 2013.
Atlantis May've Sunk But the Silk Road Is Still Booming
The darknet's drug marketplace apparently wasn't big enough for the both of them.
The Motherboard Guide to New Psychoactive Substances
Designer drugs are being tweaked, multiplied, and injected into the internet's one-stop pharmacies so furiously that authorities are scrambling to rejigger existing global drug laws that just can't keep up with today's synthetic speed. Here's what you...
The Motherboard Guide to New Psychoactive Substances
Almost everything you'd ever want to know about the near past, present, and possible ecommerce futures of "new" and "legal" brain-blasting drugs.