Drugs

Painkillers are some of the most abused drugs on the market. The FDA has been looking for ways to stem that abuse.

The FDA recommends making hydrocodone a Schedule II narcotic, like its more powerful relative, oxycodone.

There is a bail hearing Wednesday for the alleged mastermind behind the website Silk Road, where users could buy drugs, guns, and even hitmen.

The FBI has shut down Silk Road, the online anonymous black market.

The number of first-time heroin users in the U.S. is on the rise, and overall, heroin use went up 66 percent in 2011.

Amgen and AstraZeneca have both snapped up smaller firms that make cancer drugs.

Attorney General Eric Holder seeks to scale back the use of mandatory minimum prison sentences for certain drug-related crimes.

Texas and other states face shortages of drugs used in execution. But that demand isn't yielding a new supply.

The Milwaukee Brewers are losing their star outfielder Ryan Braun for the rest of the season. He's agreed to a suspension without pay for unspecified violations"of baseball's drug program and his contract.

Makers of patented drugs sometimes pay generic drug makers not to copy their drugs when they go off patent, allowing them to keep charging high prices. The U.S. Supreme Court says the FTC can challenge such deals.