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Human hair from Spanish island indicates consumption of substances during ritualistic ceremoniesResearchers have found evidence of drug use during bronze age ceremonies.Analysis of strands of human hair from a burial site in Menorca, Spain, indicates a…
Follow the day’s news livePeter Dutton’s decision to oppose Indigenous voice is a ‘Judas betrayal’ of Australia, Noel Pearson saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastFormer Tasmanian Liberal premier condemns party’s…
Andrés Manuel López Obrador asks China to curb exports of opioid after lengthy denunciation of similar calls from USMexico’s president has written to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, urging him to help control shipments of fentanyl, while also comp…
Critics fear conflict of interest as Novo Nordisk helps medics ‘reduce unnecessary barriers’ to treatment for obesityThe pharmaceutical company that makes Wegovy slimming jabs is funding the expansion of weight-loss services across England as it seeks …
Move seen as a key strategy to control the US overdose crisis, which has been linked to more than 100,000 deaths a yearThe US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing dru…
In bid to reduce nuisance behaviour ads will be triggered if people search online for terms such as ‘stag party Amsterdam’The city of Amsterdam is geo-targeting a campaign to tell young British men wanting a “messy” weekend to stay away.Research has su…
A MODEL has told how she was “locked up ‘like an animal” in a Pakistan prison after £1million of heroin was found in her bag.
Tereza Hluskova, 27, was arrested at Lahore’s AIIama IqbaI International airport while en route to…
Peak body says medicines should be cheaper and easier to access to save money for patients and the budgetFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastMedicines must b…
Police will also have greater drug testing powers as part of crackdown on antisocial behaviourThe sale of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, to the public will be banned and the police will be given enhanced drug-testing powers as part of Rishi Sunak’s at…
Expert urges greater monitoring of side-effect of drug used to treat depression, psychosis and schizophreniaPatients who are prescribed a common antipsychotic used to treat depression, bipolar disorder, psychosis and schizophrenia need to be told there…