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HIV breakthrough as study finds drugs prevent transmission
Scientists say an end to the HIV pandemic could be in sight after a new study found that a treatment of anti-retroviral drugs can prevent sexual transmission of the virus.
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The pain of losing a loved one to drugs
There’s no denying it’s a crisis: the rate of drug-related deaths in Scotland is the highest in the European Union.
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The truth behind Duterte’s war on drugs
It’s been almost three years since Rodrigo Duterte took power in the Philippines and his notorious war against drugs has been raging ever since.
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Children with rare and fatal condition refused drug treatment
The heartbreak of knowing your child has a rare, incurable disease, then finding out a drug is available which might help to slow its progression, before that glimpse of hope is snatched away.
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Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ found guilty in US
The Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman has been found guilty of all ten counts at his drug trafficking trial in New York.
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Rise in ‘county lines’ drug dealing
They have become known as “county lines” drug supply chains. They are the network of supply lines for crack cocaine and heroin that link powerful big-city dealers with small-town, rural users.
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‘County lines’ drug gang members convicted of Bristol murder
Four men have been given life sentences totalling 122 years for killing a London drug dealer operating out of a Bristol flat. The murder was the culmination of a turf war between two groups running ‘county lines’, where dealers use phone lines to sell drugs not only in their own cities, but in other counties too. The…
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Family angry after inquest concludes police custody death caused by drugs
The family of a man who died in police custody after he was Tasered and bitten by a police dog say they are devastated after police officers were exonerated over their actions.
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Funding cuts forcing drug rehabilitation centres to close
They are services for desperate people, services that save lives. Yet despite the Prime Minister’s pledge to end austerity, cuts in local authority funding mean places like residential rehabilitation centres can’t stay financially viable.
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Chelmsford Prison has one of worst rates of drug use in UK
Another prison, another shocking inspection report – this time from HMP Chelmsford. A visit by inspectors in May this year found high levels of violence at the Essex prison, and one of the worst rates of drug use seen in a UK jail. The Chief Inspector of Prisons said the increase in violence, number of…
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Psycho-active drug abuse ‘completely out of control’ in Britain’s prisons
The abuse of psycho-active drugs in prisons across England and Wales is “completely out of control”, according to the prisons watchdog. In her annual report, Elizabeth Moody warned that jails were struggling to cope with the consequences – including “all too often, death”. She said there was an urgent need for a national strategy to…
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NHS to save money after ruling against drug companies
The NHS has won a landmark legal battle against the pharmaceutical industry, meaning patients with the most common form of sight loss could receive a cheaper drug.
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Government pledges clampdown on drugs and violence in prison
Too many of Britain’s prisons are blighted by violence, poor safety and high levels of drug use – a situation, say ministers, which simply can’t go on. Today Prisons Minister Rory Stewart announced a £10m plan to curb the supply of drugs at ten of England’s “most challenging” jails. He called it a “back to…
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The fatal thirst for Peru’s Ayahuasca drug
It’s an ancient medicine that’s been a way of life for Amazon communities for thousands of years. But Ayahuasca has also become increasingly popular with tourists, eager to seek out its hallucinogenic and healing properties.
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UK drug-related deaths rise to highest level since records began
Drug use may be going down amongst young people, but overall drug-related deaths last year rose to the highest levels since records began. Legal and illegal drug use was linked to almost 4000 fatalities in 2017 – accidental overdoses accounting for two thirds of that figure.