They look innocent, but the combination of cookie, snowman, box, and parachute emojis can be code for "a large batch of cocaine has arrived." A school bus is code for Xanax; a blue heart, ...

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 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is issuing a final rule requiring bar codes on the labels of thousands of human drugs and biological products. The measure will help protect patients from ...

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 ...