Media reports tend to link violence to illicit drugs when alcohol is far more likely to be to blame.
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Next time you hear of a young person being branded as a feral gang member, dig a little deeper.
Trump has vowed to use new bidding procedures to curb the soaring cost of new drugs. There’s a better solution, however, that doesn’t risk also curbing the development of lifesaving treatments.
The market for sythnetic cannabinoids, or spice, shows no sign of decreasing.
By getting young women hooked before they’ve even formed wrinkles, Botox peddlers have realized they can enlist them in a lifetime of treatment.
Regardless of how they are consumed, alcohol and other drugs eventually make their way into the brain via the bloodstream. Once there, they affect how messages are sent through the brain.
Most of our drugs policies have failed to curb use or reduce their impact on individuals or society. It’s time for a more enlightened and informed approach.
Antipsychotic medications for delirium don’t work and could harm, a new study shows. So what options are left?
The current scheduling of cannabis is not only out of step with the available evidence but is restricting its potential use as a medicine.
Researchers have created a new kind of ‘drugalyser’ that’s less likely to give false positive readings.
Policy moves to benefit patients are now benefiting business.
Physician Health Programs are intended to help doctors with substance abuse disorders and mental health problems. But that’s not always what happens.
Fingolimod is a drug used to treat multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune disease. It is an immunomodulator, which means it works by suppressing the immune system.
Gabapentin is the new Valium.
More Americans died from drug overdose in 2014 than any year on record and six in 10 of those involved opioids. How did we get here and what to do about it?
On the same day that London’s legendary Fabric closed permanently, Berlin’s infamous techno club Berghain was granted a tax break.
There is strong evidence that cannabis is useful for treating a range of conditions. Legalising small-scale cultivation is a start to helping those in need.
Complaints about the ban of kratom, often used by recovering opiate addicts, have been vociferous, but not always backed by facts.
Just like humans, corals live with myriad microscopic organisms. We are just starting to understand this unseen world.
A South African Olympic silver medallist achieved something remarkable, especially after testing positive for methamphetamine use in 2012. But care needs to be taken in how this narrative is framed.
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), 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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Joel Lexchin est un·e ami·e de La Conversation
Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Canada
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Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, Social Equity Research Centre and Digital Ethnography Research Centre, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Professor in Criminal Justice and Faculty Director of Public Engagement, University of Kent
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Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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University of Sydney
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Lecturer, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Birmingham
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PhD Candidate, Royal Holloway University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University
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Professor & Specialist in Drug Policy, UNSW Sydney
