Topic: Drugs

The outsider

While one person dabbles in drugs with few ill-effects, another will become a chronic addict. What's the difference?

An iCure?

Crowdfunding might catapult promising cancer treatments into clinical trials, but can it make a real difference?

A flowered planet

For all their intricate symbolic force, from the Paleolithic to today's herbalism, plants are still a deep mystery to us

An unexpected fix

Mucking out the pigs together can be just as helpful to recovering addicts as a 12-step programme or medical treatment

The human race

Prosthetics, doping, computer implants: we take every upgrade we can get. But what is waiting for us at the finish line?

Return trip

A new generation of researchers is heading into the weird world of psychedelic drugs. It could change their minds