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FILE - Miguel Laboy releases a stream of smoke while smoking cannabis in Brookline, Mass., Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Addiction

AP team covers increase in marijuana addiction with character-driven, all-formats package

DEC. 5, 2025

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FDA Commissioner Martin Makary speaks during an event about drug prices with President Donald Trump, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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The FDA removes a long-standing warning from hormone-based menopause drugs

NOV. 10, 2025

US Open Tennis
Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, reacts during a match against Benjamin Bonzi, of France, in the first-round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

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Smells of weed. Roars of airplanes. Loud crowds. It’s all part of the US Open’s chaos

AUG. 25, 2025

Marijuana Dispensaries Schools
Cannabis products are displayed at Yerba Buena in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Cannabis

New York allowed pot shops to open too close to schools. Now they might have to move

AUG. 14, 2025

Opioid Companies Lawsuit
FILE - Signs are displayed at a tent during a health event on June 26, 2021, in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/John Raby, File)

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US overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen

MAY 14, 2025

Social Media Tainted Drugs
Mikayla Brown and her husband, Tyler, visit the grave of their son, Elijah, who died of a fentanyl overdose at 15, in Paso Robles, Calif., Friday, Aug. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

drugs

How social media became a storefront for deadly fake pills

SEPT. 13, 2024

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COVID-19

Nearly 2,000 drug plants are overdue for FDA checks after COVID delays, AP finds

SEPT. 6, 2024

Teen Vaping
FILE - Elf Bar and Esco Bar flavored disposable vaping devices are displayed in Washington on Monday, June 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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Teen vaping hits 10-year low in the US

SEPT. 5, 2024

Baltimore Restraint Death
Lori Ellinger becomes emotional while talking about the death of her son, Trea Ellinger, Monday, July 1, 2024, at her home in Glen Burnie, Md. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

drugs

A Baltimore man died after being sedated and restrained by medics. His mom wants answers

JULY 16, 2024

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FILE - DEA Administrator Anne Milgram speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, April 14, 2023.

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Top US drug agency a notable holdout in Biden’s push to loosen federal marijuana restrictions 

MAY 31, 2024

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In this Friday, March 22, 2019, file photo, a marijuana plant is visible at Compassionate Care Foundation’s medical marijuana dispensary in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. AP PHOTO / JULIO CORTEZ

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AP exclusively breaks news that DEA moving to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug

MAY 10, 2024

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DEA

Monthslong investigation weaves sordid tale of debauchery within DEA

NOV. 25, 2022

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