Drugs
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Deeply Rooted: Coca Eradication and Violence in Colombia
Bogotá and Washington should abandon their heavy-handed elimination efforts and help growers find alternatives to the hardy plant. ICG What’s…
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Rise in number of British soldiers being sacked for drug use
Hundreds of British army personnel are being dismissed every year after testing positive for drugs in compulsory tests, with the…
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Australian actor’s journey to a Chinese death sentence
The son of a sheep herder from Ballarat, the actor had bit parts in Blue Heelers before taking his own…
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More than Cartels: Counting Mexico’s Crime Rings
The sheer difficulty of counting the criminal groups underscores the scale of the government’s challenge in protecting the public. Jane…
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Preventing mental health disorders may be key to thwarting the opioid crisis
Many people immediately think of schizophrenia or other forms of psychotic or dissociative diseases (e.g., multiple personality disorder), as portrayed…
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‘The war on drugs doesn’t work’: A former ice user appeals for new ways to tackle addiction
But by 2015, he was homeless, suicidal and in prison for drug-dealing after his life spiralled out of control, lost…
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El Chapo held ‘as much power as president’
Lopez Obrador, who took office in December 2018, rose to power with pledges to root out corruption in Mexico. The…
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Is the Netherlands becoming a narco-state?
“Sure we’re not Mexico. We don’t have 14,400 murders. But if you look at the infrastructure, the big money earned…
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Antidepressants and other drugs in water environments changing fish behaviour
The research published in the Biology Letters journal revealed that psychoactive pollutants can change the behaviour and mood of wildlife…
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‘For three months I lived and breathed pill-testing research’
I am a toxicologist and like all toxicologists I’m interested in ways to minimise harm. Jody Morgan The Sydney Moerning…
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Cocaine use has become ‘almost like having a packet of Tayto with a pint’
“A gram costs about €50-€80. The average purity is 15-20 per cent, which is the highest it has been for…
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Drugs don’t affect job seeking, so let’s offer users help rather than take away their payments
Welfare, health and drug treatment experts have consistently opposed the proposal since it was first introduced three years ago. Nicole…
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Antibiotic resistance could kill us before climate change, warns country’s top medical officer
Antibiotic resistance is a major threat that “could kill us before climate change does”, the country’s chief medical officer has…
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Malaysia’s Border Problems: Human Trafficking, Drugs, Illegal Immigrants, Piracy – Analysis
Terrorism, piracy, smuggling, narcotics trade, human trafficking, and illegal immigrants are all major problems that need to be tackled at…
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Snubbing Chinese swimmer Sun Yang ignores the flaws in the anti-doping system
The target of these protests has been the Chinese swimmer Sun Yang. G. Gregory Haff The Conversation After Sun won…
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Cannabis prescriptions given go ahead in Guernsey
The States of Guernsey has approved a change in the law that means for the first time, consultants can now…
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