Terpenes from cannabis may relieve chronic pain without THC’s psychoactive effects. Researchers found that certain terpenes ...

U.S. researchers said Wednesday they have reproduced the pain-relieving effects of cannabis with a synthesized compound that ...

Since 1999, the American opioid epidemic has killed more than half a million people, and the staggering majority have been ...

and hormones—release natural opioids that drive our dessert cravings. These neurons are known as pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons. When released, they send signals to another part of the ...

The United States has been battling an opioid crisis for decades, marked by three distinct waves of rising overdose deaths.

Opioids can be naturally derived, often from the opium poppy plant, while others are artificially made in the lab. Natural opioids include heroin, morphine, and codeine, while artificial ones ...

The novel device is the first to use graphene-based field effect transistors to detect four different synthetic and natural opioids at once, while shielding them from wastewater’s harsh elements. When ...

Opioids are derived from the opium poppy plant (natural opioids) or synthesised in laboratories (synthetic opioids). The EU's retail heroin market is estimated to be worth at least €5.2 billion ...

Recently, a documentary from BBC on how some opioid-based medications especially ones containing tramadol and tapentadol, are imported into the country and abused by mostly young people in low ...