CHICAGO (WLS) -- Federal law enforcement agents needed a dictionary of street-talk terminology to comprehend cell phone conversations between suspected West Side drug lords and their underlings. Armed ...

The change is part of an update by the Food and Drug Administration to standardise the drug codes used to identify medicines in the US.

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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 ...

MARSHALL, Texas — The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is alerting parents of codes their children could be using to score drugs. The DEA has released a guide, as part of their #OnePillCanKill campaign, ...

A mother is bringing attention to how emojis can be used as a secret code to purchase and sell drugs after she lost her son to a drug overdose. Most parents are unaware that emojis are being used as ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Emojis are taking over for drug terms on social media and other forms of electronic communication, according to a new report from the Ohio Narcotics Intelligence Center. In a ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has mandated that pharmaceutical companies put bar codes on all drugs dispensed in hospitals, a move HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson called a key ...