<div id="subtitle">Obama drug czar: Pot-smoking keeps increasing among US teens; cigarettes, binge drinking drops</div><div><p>Smoking marijuana is becoming even more popular among U.S. teens and they have cut down on smoking cigarettes, binge drinking and using methamphetamine, according to a federal survey released Monday.</p ...

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older folks looking to find relief from painful arthritis should steer clear of codeine, OxyContin and other powerful prescription "opioid" painkillers, even if their pain is severe, doctors advise in a report published this week.</p><p>That's because the risks of these drugs far ...

<div id="subtitle">FDA panel back approval for abuse-resistant OxyContin pill</div><div><p>Federal health advisers on Thursday recommended approval for a new version of the painkiller OxyContin that is designed to be harder to abuse.</p><p>A Food and Drug Administration panel of experts voted ...

<div><p>Federal health officials say a new version of the painkiller OxyContin that is designed to be harder to abuse offers some improvements over the original pill.</p><p>Purdue Pharma LP has touted the new pill's plastic-like coating, which is designed to make the drug harder to crush and ...