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With drug-fueled violence and corruption escalating, many fear drug cartels are too powerful for Mexico to control. Here's why things are getting worse, and what it means for the U.S.

Marijuana use could increase the risk of testicular cancer, according to a study by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center out this week. If a man has smoked marijuana on a weekly basis or has been exposed to hashish for...

Snap, crackle ... pot?

Bursting with indignation, legions of marijuana advocates are urging a boycott of Kellogg Co., including all of its popular munchies, for deciding to cut ties with Olympic hero Michael Phelps after he was photographed with a pot pipe.

USA Swimming bars Olympian from competing after he was pictured smoking a marijuana pipe.

Cereal maker will not renew sponsorship contract with Olympian who said he smoked marijuana.

Pfizer Inc. reportedly is close to an agreement to acquire rival drug maker Wyeth for between $65 billion and $70 billion in a cash-and-stock deal that could be announced as early as next week,

AP - A coroner in Los Angeles has found that an "American Idol" hopeful found dead outside Paula Abdul's home committed suicide with prescription drugs.

Cocaine's a helluva drug. Do me a favor and pretend you're Whitney Houston for a moment. Imagine you're one of the most successful performers of all time, that you own arguably the most powerful voice ever to grace the Earth and that you once were cradled by Kevin Costner. Life is good. Now do 20 years of coke.

A lawsuit pitting a freelance magazine reporter against her ex-lover, his colleague and the paparazzo agency that employed the men centers on a video of Heath Ledger.

Eli Lilly and Co said it will pay about $1.42 billion to settle both criminal and civil investigations related to the marketing of its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa and has agreed to plead guilty to one misdemeanor violation of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.