The earliest evidence for the use of plants as drugs—possibly for medication or a pick-me-up—may have been found amid human remains in a 15,000-year-old cave burial in North Africa.

There is undoubtedly room for a book that will do something towards making clear to the layman the distinction between herbs and plant drugs.

In the early 20th century, scientists identified guanidine derivatives in the plant as the compounds responsible for its glucose-lowering effects. However, these early drugs were also soon ...

The head of an organised crime group has been convicted of running a network of drug factories capable of producing millions ...

A large quantity of cannabis plants were discovered at a house in Sneinton after police were alerted to attempted break-ins ...

In the study, Oxford researchers have identified no less than 13 plants with potent wound-healing ... unwell could accelerate the discovery of new drugs for chronic diseases and infections.

The firms that are overdue for safety and quality inspections represent about 42% of the 4,700 plants that are currently registered to produce drugs for the U.S. and previously underwent FDA review ...

More than 1,000 cannabis plants and tens of thousands of pounds in cash were seized following a drugs bust in a town. Officers from Suffolk Police's specialist Kestrel team raided a property on ...

The firms that are overdue for safety and quality inspections represent about 42% of the 4,700 plants that are currently registered to produce drugs for the U.S. and previously underwent FDA ...

Federal regulators responsible for the safety of the U.S. drug supply are still struggling to get back to where they were in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic upended factory inspections in the U ...