The drugs do work: my life on brain enhancers
Could an unlicensed mind pill restore the energy lost to multiple sclerosis? For novelist MJ Hyland, who feared her working life was over, it was worth the risk…
Drugs 2.0: The Web Revolution That’s Changing How the World Gets High by Mike Power – review
Steven Poole on a fascinating and funny study of the new drug scene
Students: just say no to sugar
Forget illegal drugs, students are overdosing on sugar. Little do they know that binging on sweet food is a serious form of substance abuse
Why are Britons more susceptible to disease?
Report reveals smoking, diet, alcohol and drugs are the main contributors to the UK's below average healthy life expectancy
Painkiller addiction: the plague that is sweeping the US
Ed Pilkington: Prescription pill overdoses are killing 15,000 Americans a year, and the toll is growing
What drugs do students take?
The world's biggest survey of drug use is underway, and the Guardian is asking UK students to share their experiences – anonymously of course
Smart drugs: would you try them?
Having seen the effect drugs like Modafinil have had on my friends, I'm steering clear
Drug-taking is less prevalent on campus than students think
Students believe their friends are all experimenting with drugs, but survey shows that's not true
Ben Goldacre: ‘It’s appalling … like phone hacking or MPs’ expenses’
Ben Goldacre's first book, Bad Science, shredded the claims of homeopaths and fake doctors. For his second he has his sights trained on the pharmaceutical industry. Ian Tucker puts your questions to him
Diet pills return to the US after long hiatus – people’s panel
For the first time in 13 years, the Food and Drug Administration has put diet pills back on the market. Will you take them?
Griffith Edwards obituary
Expert on alcohol and drug addiction who pioneered new forms of treatment
Headache cures: there’s always an alternative to painkillers
Nearly all of us suffer from headaches at some point, but the key is to identify and avoid the triggers, advises one GP
I was a painkiller addict
After being prescribed powerful opiate drugs to manage chronic pain, I gradually descended into full-blown dependency. Here is my story
Sleeping pills: Britain’s hidden addiction
One in 10 of us now regularly take a drug to help us sleep. But is it time we stopped popping zopiclone, temazepam and other tablets? And what are the alternatives?
The end of HIV/Aids may not be possible if the war on drugs continues
Douglas Haddow: The danger in ignoring rising HIV rates among drug users is it could reignite the virus when it enters manageable decline