Doctors in ancient Greece pioneered anesthesia with natural remedies like mandrake, opium and henbane to ease pain during surgeries.

The Malabathrinum papyrus (P.Vindob. G 35250, Herakleopolis/Middle Egypt, 5th century CE) contains a recipe for an eye ...

The Parsis once played a key role in Bengal’s trade and social landscape, but today, their numbers have dwindled to a few ...

In the Commons, Mr. Johnstone drew attention to the fact that medical evidence showed that 98 per cent of the children born in the industrial area of Bombay were drugged with opium, so that they might ...

Mangaluru: Students' Federation of India (SFI) state secretary Vijay Kumar on Saturday said that with proper determination ...

Because opium was such a large part of the poor and war-torn country's economy ... The multibillion dollar investment, the largest in USAID history, was supposed to improve target countries' ability ...

Because opium was such a large part of the poor and ... was supposed to improve target countries' ability to obtain medical supplies so much that USAID would never have to fund something like ...

The link between terrorism and drug trafficking organizations, or DTOs, is now at the forefront of public debate due to President Donald Trump’s recent designation of cartels as foreign ...

In 1839, Lin was the Qing dynasty official who confronted the British and their illegal opium trade that pushed the substance on Chinese users; he confiscated 20,000 chests of the drug and cast ...

SB72, sponsored by Sens. Tim Melson, Greg Albritton and David Sessions, all Republicans, would make a number of alterations to the process by which licenses for integrated medical cannabis facilities ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Medical marijuana became legal Jan. 1 in Kentucky. The first batch of patients should soon receive their medical cards, and the list of dispensaries statewide has been decided. What ...

The report highlights: One of the most egregious examples of USAID’s mismanagement is its role in Afghanistan’s opium trade. The agency spent hundreds of millions of dollars on irrigation canals, ...