State coroner Michael Barnes has written to the Chief Health Officer to warn of a spate of Queensland deaths linked...
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Study shows pill prevents HIV among drug addicts
Drug-injecting addicts who took a daily antiretroviral pill were half as likely to become infected with H.I.V. as those who...
UK: E-cigarettes face new restrictions
Electronic cigarettes will be licensed as a medicine in the UK from 2016, under new regulations.The UK currently has few...
ADHD medication backlash?
In the past few years, there’s been a not-so-quiet backlash against ADHD. Both the diagnostic frequency and the medications used...
Italy: Mafia planned to use drones to assassinate its enemies in 1990s, says informant
A top mafia informer has told an Italian court that Cosa Nostra planned to use drone-type flying bombs to assassinate...
Seattle: Washington heroin use, deaths up, especially in youth
Heroin use and related deaths have increased significantly across Washington over the past decade, especially among people younger than 30,...
Quebec cops arrest suspected operators of biker-linked drug ring
Police say more than 230 officers fanned out across Quebec’s Eastern Townships Wednesday morning to dismantle a biker-linked narcotics ring....
New Zealand: Legal highs a curse for busy hospital staff
Waikato Hospital emergency department staff are fed up dealing with people experimenting with K2, and holding up the treatment of...
Australia: Online drug dealers to be hit
Online traders selling synthetic drugs to people in NSW are the next to be targeted as authorities crack down on...
Cannabis cafe owners face €5,000 fines and community service
The owners of three cannabis cafes in the southern city of Maastricht should be fined €5,000 and given 150 hours...