Despite years of momentum to loosen restrictions on weed, there is still a big disconnect between states and the federal government.
- DEENA BEASLEY and NANCY LAPID Reuters
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U.S. cancer centers are scrambling to enroll patients in a program for a promising pancreatic cancer drug while they await what they hope will be a speedy FDA approval.
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GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and similar treatments have been widely called “wonder drugs” for weight loss and blood sugar control. However,…
- Ken Alltucker USA Today
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Americans' voracious appetite for GLP-1 weight loss drugs has the nation on pace to spend more than $1 trillion on prescription drugs this year, a new report says.
- John S Kiernan, WalletHub Managing Editor
Drug abuse has a long and storied history in the United States, and we’ve been “at war” with it for decades. Yet despite the country’s best efforts to fight it, the problem is still prevalent. There were more than
68,400drug overdose deaths in the 12-month period ending in October 2025, according to the CDC.
- Nancy Lapid Reuters
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The strongest evidence for use of the drugs so far came from trials in patients with severe depression or post-traumatic stress disorder who have not responded to existing treatments.
- Alexis Weisend The Seattle Times
Demand for weight loss drugs is ballooning across the U.S. — and Amazon wants in.
- Bhargav Acharya and Andrew Goudsward Reuters
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The decision to reclassify marijuana would represent one of the most significant federal changes to marijuana policy in decades, removing barriers to researching the drug's potential use cases.
- Dr. Mary Beth Miotto American Academy of Pediatrics
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About 50,000 children under 5 go to ERs each year after swallowing medicine unintentionally.
