WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2025 — How do you identify something no one has a test for? Designer drugs replicate the effects of known, illicit drugs but evade law enforcement. The chemical structure ...

Even as they await the results of toxicology tests, Long Island cops are on the hunt for the drug peddlers they believe supplied the fatal dose that killed a stunning Irish swimwear designer earlier ...

A designer drug described as 10 times more potent than fentanyl is causing an uptick in U.S. overdoses, according to health officials in multiple states. Known as cychlorphine, the synthetic opioid is ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - There have now been five overdose deaths on Oahu attributed to a dangerous cocktail of drugs containing Bromazolam so far in 2025. First responders are sounding the alarm as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A biochemical engineer explains why designer drugs, that have a similar effect to illegal drugs, are able to be sold at gas ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A partial autopsy has revealed that former One Direction singer Liam Payne had multiple substances in his system when he plunged to his death from a third-floor balcony in Buenos ...

NEW YORK - "Tusi," better known as "pink cocaine," is popping up in nightclubs from coast to coast. It's a candy-colored designer drug with a catchy name that has been linked to several drug busts – ...

In Britain, anyone looking to get high without the criminal side effects can go online or walk into a head shop and buy perfectly legal alternatives to a whole host of illegal drugs, from marijuana to ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A partial autopsy has revealed that former One Direction singer Liam Payne had multiple substances in his system when he plunged to his death from a third-floor balcony in Buenos ...

Mass spectrometer instruments (top image) can help detect known, illicit drugs in human urine. For new psychoactive substances, a computer-predicted database provides theoretical mass spectra (bottom ...