Animals could be just like us when it comes to drugs and alcohol What if humans weren't the only ones to enjoy the intoxicating effects of alcohol or hallucinogenic substances? In nature ...

The three Rs are: Reduction, Refinement, Replacement. Animal experiments are not used to show that drugs are safe and effective in human beings - they cannot do that. Instead, they are used to ...

A Nashville man is facing an animal cruelty charge after police say a dog was found without food or water inside a van where ...

The NIH is one of 13 operating divisions in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, now run by Robert F. Kennedy Jr ...

Jared Polis recently signed a bill into law requiring animals that are used for health-related research be adopted out before being euthanized. This comes as the U.S. Federal Drug Administration ...

An animal tranquilizer is the new drug on the street in Pittsburgh. Medetomidine is not approved for human use, but doctors say people are using it. "We know it's probably in about half to three ...

The impetus: an announcement from the US Food and Drug Administration in early April indicating that the agency plans to phase out animal tests—a longtime cornerstone of preclinical drug testing ...

Investigators say the drug is being […] NEW YORK (AP) — The animal sedative medetomidine is increasingly showing up in the U.S. illegal drug supply, according to three reports released Thursday.

A universal urge? The late American psychopharmacologist Ronald Siegel believed that nature could be a real haven for the animal world’s drug users. He and his team travelled the world for more ...