Maga’s distrust of paracetamol is a distrust of science
The new American right equates correlation with causation
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Cocaine carnage is coming to Britain
Budget blow has exploded beyond control
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Drug prescription in Canada reminds me how lucky the UK is
Both countries may share a love of Taste the Difference marmalade – but medication, not so much.
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How Britain fell into the K-hole
Silicon Valley’s favourite drug is also the UK’s.
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Inside the psychedelic elite
Meet the campaigners trying to legalise class-A drugs – a network stretching to the top of the US government.
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Britain is walking into an American opioid crisis
Overdoses are mounting across the country, and the state needs to intervene.
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Weight-loss drugs and the supremacy of thinness
Anyone who has struggled with weight or eating disorders has dreamt of a magical fix. Now, it seems, we have…
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Making a new weight-loss drug available on the NHS will break the system
There isn’t capacity to accommodate the millions that would seek it.
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Is cocaine driving the British riots?
Easy highs have become a national addiction.
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The narcotopian dilemma
Why liberal societies are helpless in the face of the global illegal drugs trade.
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A magic mushroom trip in Amsterdam triggers a revelation
“This isn’t traumatic,” I think smugly, as laughter gives way to visions. Perhaps I have no demons to confront?
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The UK must prepare for a fentanyl crisis
Synthetic opioids cause 70,000 drug overdose deaths a year in the US – we need to prevent a similar epidemic…
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More than one in ten Brits need painkillers every day
Research shared exclusively with Spotlight shows the extent of the UK’s dependency on pain medication.
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David Nutt: “It’s the biggest breakthrough in mental health for 50 years”
The psychiatrist David Nutt on psychedelic drugs as a treatment for depression.
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ITV’s Malpractice is preposterous – but so gripping, you won’t mind
This series from the makers of Line of Duty is set in a Yorkshire hospital – and follows drugs, corruption…
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Levelling up won’t happen until the UK solves its drugs problem
There is a clear link between deprivation and drug misuse.
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Has cartel violence come to the UK?
The Euston shooting suggests the drug trafficking netherworld is no longer confined to the Americas.
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Could overdose prevention centres tackle the UK’s drug death crisis?
OPCs have been proven to save lives – but they are yet to be introduced in this country.
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William Orbit: “If you confound Madonna, a red mist comes down”
The producer worked his magic with Britney Spears, All Saints and Blur. In his sixties a drug binge and breakdown…
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Antimicrobial resistance will be “as serious as Covid-19”
Experts warn that scientists and doctors are poorly prepared for the effects of drug-resistant bacteria.
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