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New drug mimics the beneficial effects of exercise
A drug known as SR9009, which is currently under development at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), increases the level of metabolic activity in skeletal...
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UK pair in court on smuggling charges
Two women from the UK charged with drug smuggling in Peru have been remanded in custody after appearing in court.
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Coroner, family link Michael Hastings to drug use at time of death
Journalist Michael Hastings, who was killed in a fiery Los Angeles crash in June, died of "traumatic injuries" as a result of the accident and had traces of drugs in his system, Los Angeles coroner's officials said Tuesday.
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'Billion-euro' drug raids in Belgium
Police in Belgium have seized ecstasy pills and chemicals used to make drugs, worth an estimated street value of 1.3bn euros
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I'm close to death, says Tyson
Former undisputed heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson claims he is on the verge of dying from ongoing drug and alcohol problems.
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From the Lab to the Street: How 3 Illegal Drugs Came to Be
There's a huge gap, temporally and culturally, between the inventors of illicit drugs - usually rather austere, cerebral, and disciplined - and their consumers.
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Amgen to Buy Onyx for $10.4 Billion
Although Amgen is the world’s biggest biotechnology company, the drug maker has been mostly absent from one of the industry’s biggest and fastest-growing markets: cancer drugs.
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Why Aren’t There More Cancer Vaccines? Blame America’s Lousy Patent System.
Currently a little over half of American girls get the HPV vaccine, a public health intervention that will prevent tens of thousands of cancers. It’s one of modern medicine’s few success stories in finding a means of preventing cancer.
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The Most Dangerous City in the World Is Not Where You Think It Is
There's a war brewing in Central America.
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Painkiller addictions worst drug epidemic in US history
Fatal overdoses have reached epidemic levels, exceeding those from heroin and cocaine combined, according to the CDC
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Use of sleeping pills highest among older Americans
Older U.S. adults, particularly women, are more likely to use prescription sleep medications to try to get the minimum seven hours of sleep experts generally recommend, U.S. data released on Thursday showed.
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I lived “Breaking Bad”
When “Breaking Bad” debuted in 2008, I was 27 years removed from a methamphetamine addiction. But if I thought about the drug, I could still smell it exactly: Medicinal and metallic and crude and burning. I know fans will be sad when the show ends its sixth and final season later this year, but not me. For me, the show can’t end soon enough.
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'Mexico's war on drugs is one big lie'
Anabel Hernández, journalist and author, accuses the Mexican state of complicity with the cartels, and says the 'war on drugs' is a sham. She's had headless animals left at her door and her family have been threatened by gunmen. Now her courageous bestseller, extracted below, is to be published in the UK
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Know the facts about recreational drugs
The presence of drugs around campus is nothing new. At some point throughout our college years, they cross our paths. Whether you decide to partake in drug usage is up to you, but it’s important to be knowledgeable about the content you introduce into your body.
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LSD is good for you, say Norway researchers
Tales of debilitating acid flash-backs and permanently frazzled synapses are exaggerated, according to a new scientific report which concludes LSD use may even
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Russian scientists working on anti-smoking vaccine
The scientists noted that “existing methods of curing tobacco addiction are ineffective,” adding that the new vaccine will be a breakthrough. The drug makes recipient’s body start producing antibodies which block nicotine before it reaches the brain.
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Molly: The Dangerous Drug That’s Too Good to Quit
Despite recent deaths, fans tell Abby Haglage the trip is way too fun to give up.
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College Social Trouble
College is the ultimate gateway drug, and experimenting with intoxicants could wind up being your second major. Here are case-by-case instructions on how to interact with intoxicants—from alcohol to acid—without ruining your night/weekend/college experience/life.
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Hypocritical 'Murica
The general consensus from the average American on Lance Armstrong's steroid use.
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Drugs That Cause The Most Harm
Drug-harm experts to rank 20 drugs (legal and illegal) on 16 measures of harm to the user and to wider society
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