Drugs
This is the first known case outside the U.S. where employees of the pharmaceutical empire owned by the Sackler family have been criminally implicated, more than a decade after Purdue executives were convicted over misleading the American public about the addictiveness of OxyContin.
Drugs
Almost 8,000 people were admitted to hospital in Scotland in the year 2017/18 for drug-related reasons, according to new figures. It is the highest rate of acute hospital stays recorded, and about four times higher than 20 years ago. In total, there were 10,509 drug-related admissions – 90% of these due to a mental and behavioural diagnosis.
Drugs
The use of cocaine in Britain has doubled in seven years, as one in 50 Londoners currently snorts the drug daily. An analysis of Britain’s waste water, carried out by forensic scientists at King’s College London, has also proved that the purity of the class A drug has gone up, hitting a record high. Tests of the drug in sewage show Londoners are taking almost 200,000 doses of cocaine every day, which amounts to about £700,000.
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Police forces across the UK are offering drug users pre-arrest education and treatment instead of a caution or charge.
30 May, 2018
In March 2018, the US media started to unfold an alarming story on potential bias in science funding. By now, most alcohol researchers have [...]
Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs (NAD) is a peer-reviewed journal for social science research into alcohol and drugs as well as other substances and behaviours, such as gambling, gaming, eating, and smoking. Here you will find short summaries of the articles published in the jounal.
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