Opium dens were "everywhere," he said, and "we are assured that white men, women, boys and girls are continually made victims of the deadly drug." Wasn't San Francisco's ban supposed to put an end to ...

The history of drug use in America is not necessarily a story of opium dens and crack houses. It’s a story of substances that weren’t illegal until they were abused. Patent medicines might be ...

This is a Canaanite tomb with various grave goods and sacrificed animals which were offered to the deceased by his relatives during the burial ceremony. A new study by the Israel Antiquities Authority ...

Vincent Fortanasce, MD, neurologist and author of End Back & Neck Pain, said that medications — especially opiates — are overprescribed for chronic pain, said a news release. According to Dr.

Around 2 a.m. on Monday, December 6, 1875, a "posse of police" led by Captain William Douglass descended on 609 Dupont Street in San Francisco. The cops arrested Fannie Whitmore, Cora Martinez, James ...