Drug slang and code words are often used to describe controlled substances, designer drugs, and synthetic compounds, which may cause confusion for clinicians attempting to treat patients under the ...

Twenty years after the AFL first brought in an illicit drug code the gains made to help troubled players are being tainted by a small handful of players who continue to game the system. How does the ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from AFL. Followed categories will be added to My News. The league and AFLPA are locked in talks that have already seen the AFL back down on proposed $5000 fines for ...

20 years after the AFL brought in an illicit drug code, the gains made to help troubled players are being tainted by a small handful. So does the AFL actually have a drug problem? Twenty years after ...

Australia's anti-doping body has cleared the AFL of bombshell allegations raised in federal parliament, while making a series of recommendations about the league's controversial illicit drugs code.

The Food and Drug Administration last week mandated that drug companies put bar codes on all drugs dispensed in hospitals as a means of reducing medication errors ...

It was bound to happen someday. With more and more prescription drugs coming to the U.S. market, the FDA is running out of unique combinations for the 10-digit national drug code given to each product ...

The league and AFLPA are locked in talks that have already seen the AFL back down on proposed $5000 fines for first strikes under the illicit drug code. The player union is also unwilling to sign up ...

Counterfeit drugs are a global problem. This week, counterfeit versions of Roche’s cancer drug, Avastin were distributed in the United States. The cancer drug makes bank for Roche, about $6B a year.