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Drugs and alcohol

Health

Why drug overdose deaths have suddenly plummeted in the US

Fentanyl-related overdose deaths fell by nearly 30 per cent in the space of a year in the US, which could represent a significant turning point in the country's opioid addiction crisis

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Vaccine may treat cocaine addiction by blocking drug’s entry to brain

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Cocaine drug crystals.

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Experimental medication helps treat cocaine addiction

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Strongest evidence yet that Ozempic and Wegovy reduce alcohol intake

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Laughing gas could be picked up by a breathalyser

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The problems with Dry January – and what you could try doing instead

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US teens are using less of every substance – except for one

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Macrophotograph of a huge Eastern hornet (orientalis Vespa) against a blue sky on a Sunny summer day

Life

Hornets can hold their alcohol like no other animal on Earth

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MDMA was hyped as a promising treatment for PTSD – what went wrong?

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Health

Media portrayals peddle a dangerous fiction about substance misuse

Narratives around addiction often reduce it to a series of poor choices, lack of values and weakness. This has real-world consequences, warns Anna Wolfe

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Health

Why midlife is the perfect time to take control of your future health

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Technology

Dutch police trial AI-powered robot dog to safely inspect drug labs

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Chemistry

Drug residue can be detected in fingerprints left at crime scenes

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Health

Cocaine seems to hijack brain pathways that prioritise food and water

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