With the assistance of pain patients, the opioids oxycodone and hydrocodone were assessed from licit and illicit sources in Philadelphia and surrounding counties. Sources included brick-and-mortar pharmacies, web pharmacies operating illegally by selling products without prescriptions, other...

Fake and substandard medicines are a significant problem in developing nations and a growing problem in developed ones, too. This study finds that corruption is strongly correlated with poor-quality drugs.

A recent survey found that a higher percentage of sampled smokers had tried vaping in the UK, relative to the US, especially among those who claimed they had tried to quit smoking previously.