Victoria Macdonald
French drug trial death: interview with victim’s brother
It is exceptionally rare for a clinical trial to go wrong. But when they do go wrong the consequences are devastating
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How should we tackle the drug crisis?
In Britain the number of drug deaths has reached a record high – much of that down to opioids like fentanyl which are often mixed with heroin and other classified drugs to bulk out supplies. So how should we tackle the problem – on both sides of the Atlantic? And is race an issue?
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Authorities issue public warning about addictive painkiller drug
The National Crime Agency and the NPCC have issued public warnings about the highly addictive painkiller drug marketed as Fentanyl. It’s one of the strongest opiates on the marke, more powerful than heroin and morphine. New figures show that 60 people in the UK died after coming into contact with the drug in the last…
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Killer ‘had taken drugs’
A man who killed a young woman shortly after being released from prison was going through a drug-induced psychotic episode, an inquest has found.
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Duterte critic arrested on drugs charges
Thousands of supporters and critics of the Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte have staged rival rallies in the capital Manila revealing the huge divide over his controversial war on drugs. Anti-government protestors compared his regime to the rise of fascism while his leading critic, Senator Leila de Lima has been arrested on drugs charges, which she’s…
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Malaria drug AL fails for first time
It’s the most commonly-used drug to treat malaria victims in Britain. But, for the first time, the combination drug known as AL has failed to be effective in its treatment of four patients, who’d all recently returned from Africa.
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Philippines: documenting Duterte’s war on drugs
Photojournalists have been documenting President Rodrigo Duterte’s ‘war on drugs’ which has left five thousand nine hundred people dead by both police and vigilante hit-men, in just five and a half months.
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Convicted drug dealer on life in prison
A convicted drug dealer recently released from prison has revealed to Channel 4 News the scale of the destruction brought about inside by psychoactive substances known as NPS. He claims that up to 80 per cent of inmates in some jails are now hooked on ‘Spice’ and says some prisoners are prepared to do anything…
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Alzheimer’s drug disappoints
A major trial has shown no evidence that a new Alzheimer’s drug has succeeded in slowing memory loss.
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Philippines’ president Rodrigo Duterte challenged on War on Drugs
President Rodrigo Duterte is challenged on his country’s war on drugs and its reported use of “death squads” by Jonathan Miller, who later get’s called a ‘son of a whore’ by the President.
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Rodrigo Duterte: on the frontline of the Philippines’ drug war
“If you know of any drug addicts go and kill them yourselves, as getting their parents to do it will be too painful!” The chilling words of Rodrigo Duterte the President of the Philippines.
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FactCheck: is the War on Drugs really a war on black America?
“Although rates of drug use and selling are comparable across racial lines, people of color are far more likely to be stopped, searched, arrested, prosecuted, convicted and incarcerated for drug law violations than are whites.” Drug Policy Alliance website An intriguing quote by a former aide to disgraced US President Richard Nixon is making headlines.…
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Victoria Macdonald
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Simon Israel
Spice pigs, catapults and prison: drugs now ‘most serious’ safety threat
The chief inspector of prisons, Nick Hardwick, has warned that the availability of synthetic psychoactive drugs presents the most serious threat to the safety and security of jails.
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Victoria Macdonald
Astonishing omission: NHS spends £1bn on cancer drugs without checking if they are working
As it is revealed that the Cancer Drugs Fund has no data on their efficacy patients remain caught between pharmaceutical companies and Government promises
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Paula Radcliffe: I’m not a drugs cheat
Marathon world record holder Paul Radcliffe denies using drugs to boost her performance after questions were asked about athletes at a Commons inquiry.
