The 911 call placed on behalf of Demi Moore last month suggested the actress may have endured a highly-negative reaction to synthetic marijuana, also known as K2, or Spice.

The caller said that Moore had been smoking something other than marijuana, and similar to incense. Synthetic...

Plans for the manufacture and sale of hydrocodone pills five to 10 times more potent than is now available and sold under the brand name Vicodin and others is a warning sign of an escalation of what we might call the "prescription opiate arms race" among pharmaceutical companies. They are...