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Lawyers and protestors

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Record $8 billion payout won’t turn back the clock on US opioid crisis

Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty and agreed an $8.3 billion settlement to a long-running lawsuit over actions that fuelled the US opioid crisis

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beer in supermarket

Health

Minimum alcohol pricing could reduce alcohol-linked deaths in Canada

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2AT6JKF Fentanyl transdermal 50mcg/hr timed release skin patch and foil wrapper. Credit: MedStockPhotos/Alamy

Health

Fatal cardiac arrests could be hiding opioid overdose deaths in the US

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Modafinil - tired woman covering eyes with post it

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Modafinil

How South American drug cartels get around coronavirus lockdowns

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How South American drug cartels get around coronavirus lockdowns

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Dexamethasone

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Dexamethasone

Goats

Health

Genetically modified goats can produce cancer drugs in their milk

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hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets

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Hydroxychloroquine

Mitul Mehta

Video

Mitul Mehta: Brain scanners can help revolutionise psychiatric drugs

Video

Remdesivir

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Remdesivir

Remdesivir is an antiviral drug that has provisional approval in several countries for treating people with severe coronavirus infections. It has been shown to shorten recovery time in people with covid-19 but not to reduce mortality.

Humans

How I went from selling MDMA to researching the science of its effects

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Mind

Brain activity can help predict who'll benefit from an antidepressant

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Technology

A fingerprint can show if someone has taken cocaine or just touched it

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Health

From alcohol to ketamine, what's the truth about recreational drugs?

Regulars