Unreported World: Africa’s drugs scandal
Access to palliative drugs should be a basic human right. Yet the World Health Organisation says six rich countries consumer 80 per cent of the world’s morphine.
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The pending executions of nine Indonesian and foreign nationals on drug offences have strained the country’s relations with the international community and, in particular, Australia.
Yesterday’s revelations about Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre prompted angry debate among MPs. In part two, we reveal the presence of banned substances in the UK’s infamous detention unit.
Channel 4 News and Ecostorm win the Royal Television Society’s independent award for a “remarkable” film about the world of Bucharest’s homeless underground society.
After Jon Stewart announced he is to leave the Daily Show after 16 years, we look at some of his best moments.
There is a growing crisis in British prisons with violence, self-harm and prisoner suicide on the rise. Blogger “Alex Cavendish”, who served time in six different prisons, believes he knows why.
Channel 4 News has won an Amnesty International Media Award for its investigation into the world of Bucharest’s homeless underground society.
As a study suggests teenage cannabis users risk “impairing” their educational ability, a leading researcher claims young people are being let down by media reporting on the dangers of drugs.
Councils across England and Wales issue warnings about the dangers of inhaling laughing gas.
Britain’s economy will get a £10bn boost when prostitution and drugs are included in GDP figures. But is there a moral equivalence between such services and sectors like agriculture and publishing?
Access to palliative drugs should be a basic human right. Yet the World Health Organisation says six rich countries consumer 80 per cent of the world’s morphine.
A leading medical expert on cholesterol-lowering statin drugs accuses critics of misleading the public about the dangers of their use.
A top cartel leader killed, another kingpin captured. On the face of things, it’s been a good few weeks for Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto, writes Thom Walker.
Brazil’s security forces are trying to clear Rio de Janeiro’s gang-held favelas before next year’s football World Cup. But they have a hard job on their hands, as Guillermo Galdos reports.
From Nigella Lawson to Paul Flowers, major names have been hitting the headlines because of drugs allegations. But has the UK got more relaxed about drugs?
An investigation into the scandal at Co-operative Bank will delve into the appointment of Paul Flowers as chairman, and look at the role of the government and regulators.