Friends and colleagues remember Canty for her presence and business acumen after the Atlanta nightlife figure was killed in a ...

The co-owner of Atlanta’s Opium Nightclub, 44-year-old Sharell Canty, was shot and killed over the weekend.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty Archaeologists excavating outside of Tel Aviv, Israel have ...

Excavations at an ancient burial pit in Israel discovered the world’s earliest evidence of drug use, experts say. The hundreds of burials unearthed in Tel Yehud date to the 13th century BC, the ...

The largest study on opium use and outcomes after bypass surgery has found that - in contrast to widely held beliefs - it is linked with more deaths and heart attacks. The largest study on opium use ...

U.S. officials are exploring ways to prevent a surge in opium cultivation in Afghanistan, once the world's leading producer, now that the Taliban's control is crumbling. The challenge is persuading ...

Antonio Maria Costa, head of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, speaks at a press conference in Kabul on Aug. 26MASSOUD HOSSAINI / AFP / Getty If international drug- and law-enforcement officials are ...

Burial pits in Tel Yehud, Israel, contained pottery vessels with remnants of opium, experts say, in the world’s oldest evidence of drug use. Photo from Assaf Peretz and the Israel Antiquities ...