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Should people with mental health conditions be drugged to stand trial?

Comment

Should people with mental health conditions be drugged to stand trial?

A US trial is bringing the questionable practice of forced medication into the spotlight – but in the UK and elsewhere voices are growing for its use, says Laura Spinney

Comment

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Life

Don't miss: the art of science, vanishing cetaceans and edited humans

Culture

How aspirin became a wonder drug against heart disease and cancer

Health

How aspirin became a wonder drug against heart disease and cancer

Regulars

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Mind

Am I addicted? The truth behind being hooked on gaming, sex or porn

Features

happy man

Health

Drug cocktail seems to reverse biological signs of ageing in people

News

Gail Bradbrook is a co-founder of the Extinction Rebellion environmental movement

Mind

Extinction Rebellion founder calls for mass psychedelic disobedience

News

A variety of CBD health products are in the shops - do they work?

Health

A variety of CBD health products are in the shops - do they work?

Insight

An Ebola treatment centre in Butembo

Health

Ebola breakthrough: two drugs could treat up to 90 per cent of cases

News

Ibuprofen has been linked to changes in bacteria in a lab experiment

Health

Ibuprofen and other common drugs may help antibiotic resistance spread

News

Emergency treatment for overdoses may be improving

Health

Does the drop in US drug deaths mean the opioid crisis is ending?

Overdose deaths in the US have dropped for the first time in two decades, but many people are still dependent on painkillers and struggling to get them legally

Analysis

Health

Why most new medicines are no better than existing treatments

Analysis

Health

Gene-silencing drug for rare hereditary disorder approved for NHS use

News

Health

US teens may be finding it harder to buy cannabis after legalisation

News

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