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An infectious disease doctor discusses the use, benefits and availability of a drug to prevent severe COVID-19.
While technological advancements have quickened the drug discovery process, some chemical compounds remain a common thorn in a researcher’s side.
The Nigerian government needs to understand that banditry is an act of warfare and should be treated as such.
Teen boys who date adult women tend to experience their relationships differently than girls who date older men.
When drugs are taken off the market because they are either unsafe or don’t work, do pharma companies admit that there are problems? Or do they deny the evidence?
The number of fatal drug overdoses in the US over a 12-month period has surpassed 100,000 for the first time. Fentanyl is the main driver of the spike in deaths.
South Africa has a stringent pharmaceutical regulatory framework. But this framework is not backed by a strong implementation strategy.
Here’s what the Australian Federal Police’s new campaign gets wrong.
In general, intoxication is not a defence against criminal charges. There are, however, a few circumstances under which intoxication can be used as a defence.
Now restrictions are easing, some people who have not used alcohol or other drugs recently may start to use them again, and need to be aware of their reduced tolerance.
Fears that TikTok is “serving up” drug content to impressionable users have prompted calls for all drug content to be censored on the platform. But that would remove useful health advice too.
Indonesian public support for the death penalty declines when they learn more about its scope and administration.
The same dose of a drug can have varying degrees of effectiveness and safety depending on how well the liver can metabolize it.
When people think about how AI might ‘go wrong’, most probably picture malevolent computers trying to cause harm. But what if we should be more worried about them seeking pleasure?
The usefulness of a drug is typically measured by its active ingredient. But traditional Chinese medicine shows that there’s more to healing than using the right chemical.
In an effort to reduce costs, drugmakers and dealers often cut, or adulterate, recreational drugs with substances that have been banned by the FDA.
Fentanyl adulteration led to the replacement of heroin in the unregulated drug supply of British Columbia. Now that benzodiazepines are present in many opioids, are we headed towards a ‘new normal?’
Today, Homo sapiens regularly use psychoactive chemicals to modify the mind – but how did it all begin?
Accidental ingestion of drugs can have detrimental effects on dogs’ health. Education and awareness can help protect pets from consuming opioids and cannabis products.
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Associate Professor of Addiction, University of York
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Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne), Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer of Addiction, Edith Cowan University
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Professor in Substance Use, Liverpool John Moores University
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Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre and Digital Ethnography Research Centre, RMIT University
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Professor in Criminal Justice and Faculty Director of Public Engagement, University of Kent
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University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Birmingham
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Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Canada
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Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Sessional Lecturer, RMIT University
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PhD Candidate, Royal Holloway University of London
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Professor and Director, Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, The University of Queensland
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Sessional Lecturer, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor & Specialist in Drug Policy, UNSW Sydney
