"This is probably one of the most potent hallucinogens known"

Brain-imaging studies performed in animals at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory provide researchers with clues about why an increasingly popular recreational drug that causes ... via Medical News

- The fight to keep the doors open at Canada's only safe injection site heads to the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver Monday.

The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users and the Portland Hotel Society, which manages the site, say the 10-day trial will challenge the federal minister of health's ability to close the facility, known as Insite.

It has been operating under a special government exemption of the Narcotics Control Act for over four years but federal officials have repeatedly refused to make that exemption permanent. Read more

Eight alleged members of a methamphetamine drug trafficking ring are arrested following several months of investigation from the Larimer County Drug Task Force. via TheDenverChannel

A prison guard is behind bars after being charged with five felonies, including having sex with an inmate and trying to sell marijuana to work. via WJXX

The attorney for convicted killer Joseph Duncan is in some legal trouble of his own. via KTVB Boise