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Interior of treatment plant showing piping

Environment

Myth busted: dumped pills aren’t main source of drugs in sewage

Waste water tests show the pharmaceuticals they contain are mainly excreted, suggesting that more expensive treatment may be needed to deal with them

Kosmicare banner and teepees at night

Health

Putting healthcare first can save festival drug users from harm

Health

US government wants more cannabis farms for science

Health

Triple-whammy drug kills parasites that make 20 million sick

someone writing a prescription

Health

Antidepressant drug use in England has doubled in a decade

Women leave the Russian Olympic Committee building which houses the headquarters of the All-Russian Athletics Federation in Moscow

Health

WADA report shows tricks Russian athletes use to skip drug tests

A sign infront of a shelf of cold medicine reads: "Authorized Personnel Only"

Health

Breaking bad sniffles: Crystal meth made cold medicine rubbish

Health

Sewage reveals crystal meth use has doubled in Australia

Health

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Armed soldier stands guard with rectangular packs ablaze in the background

Health

Just say maybe: Is the world ready to abandon the war on drugs?

Worldwide drug prohibition has developed some cracks as countries go their own way. 91av explores how likely the UN is to relinquish the status quo

Humans

The Myth of the Moral Brain: Could a drug make us nicer people?

Health

Drug may have hit wrong brain target in French clinical trial

Health

MRSA superbug’s resistance to antibiotics is broken

Health

Tap the placebo effect to unlock your body’s healing powers