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UK's bad drug law flounders, which is no real surprise at all

The Psychoactive Substances Act is a failure. The only surprise is that the UK government has promised to keep pursuing people under it, says Frank Swain

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Pioneering gene therapy approved for leukaemia in the US

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Pioneering gene therapy approved for leukaemia in the US

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Will psychedelics for depression be just another false dawn?

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Lethal injection contained a chemical never tried before

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Australia plans random drug tests for people receiving welfare

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Australia plans random drug tests for people receiving welfare

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Doing meth raises the risk of strokes in young people

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Doing meth raises the risk of strokes in young people

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Psychedelic medicine: the potential, the people, the politics

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Genetic test helps people avoid statins that may cause them pain

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Meet the man giving people psychedelics for science

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Trump says he’ll declare US opioid epidemic a national emergency

President Trump plans to declare the opioid crisis an emergency after all, a move that should free up funds. But how much, and how they’ll be used, is unclear

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Side effects kill thousands but our data on them is flawed

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Type 1 diabetes may be halted by experimental immunotherapy

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Life

On the trail of dragons with blood that can save people’s lives

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Dark web crackdown as two biggest markets are taken offline

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