Drugs

Photo: VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images Does Cannabis Use Keep Your Brain Young?
There might be a link between cannabis use and youthful brains, especially for older adults.

Saulgranda/Getty Images Scientists Gave Fruit Flies Magic Mushrooms. Here’s What Happened.
The researchers primarily focused on the idea that psilocybin likely evolved to deter invertebrates that eat mushrooms.

VICTOR de SCHWANBERG/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/GETTY IMAGES Meet The Mushroom That Makes People Have The Exact Same Hallucination
Scientists call them “lilliputian hallucinations,” a rare phenomenon involving miniature human or fantasy figures

A policeman at a trial related to Sky ECC in October 2024 (Photo by ERIC LALMAND / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP) Sky ECC: The Encrypted Phone Bust That Was Meant to End Drug Crime Has Fallen Apart in Court
So called “chat-only” cases have been used to convict thousands—but the results of a case in Spain may see them overturned and other prosecutions halte, VICE has learned.

Iana Kunitsa/Getty Images THC Now Has a Standard Measure Like Alcohol. How Much Is Too Much?
This newfound clarity on THC could end up doing more for public health than decades of vague advice ever has.

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25 Rules for Smoking (and Eating) Weed Without Being a Dick
Because being high isn’t an excuse to be inconsiderate.

Photo: Whiteland Police Department Trucker Found $16 Million in Cocaine Mysteriously Stashed in His Semi
The guy just narrowly avoided becoming an unwitting drug mule.

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Picture by Been Shill What’s the Best Drug for Sex?
If you’re the type of person who wants to get fisted in the ass, ketamine is fantastic—according to science.

Three young entrepreneurs gaming the night-time economy Teenage Drug Empire: Watch Our New Documentary
The latest episode of Rule Britannia takes us into the Welsh Valleys.
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Wendy Redfern/Redferns 5 of the Sunniest Alt-Rock Bangers to Get You Through the Last Several Weeks of Winter
If you need to forget that winter is still happening, here are five sunny alt-rock bangers that will remind you that summer is coming.

(Photo by Jon Super/Redferns) 3 of the Weirdest 2000s Rock Tracks That I Love Because They’re so Odd, Not in Spite of It
2000s rock was the era of bands like The White Stripes, who made music that was fun and creative, all because it was just a tad weird.

(Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images) Big Sean Explains How the Death of Nipsey Hussle Caused a ‘Very Deep’ Depression
Big Sean candidly reflects on how the death of Nipsey Hussle caused a spiral into a “very deep” depression and how he learned to bounce back.

John Shearer/Getty Images for FIREAID Flea Teases New Red Hot Chili Peppers Music in the Works: ‘It’s About Catching a Magic Groove’
Flea has teased the possibility of a new Red Hot Chili Peppers album, revealing that they’ve been writing and jamming together.

