Captagon was once a pharmaceutical drug but it’s now made illicitly, generating billions of dollars for the Syrian economy.
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The FDA’s decision shines a light on some of the unique obstacles that psychedelic drugs may face on the path to approval.
From mead to magic mushrooms to methamphetamine – drugs have always fuelled battles.
For those who need it, Adderall and other stimulants can be game-changing medications that help restore the chemical imbalances underlying ADHD. But for those who don’t, these drugs can be harmful.
Chemicals in drugs can be excreted unchanged, infiltrating waterways via sewage and effluent.
Doping is condemned in sports. But what about in the military? Should soldiers be allowed or even encouraged to take drugs that make them superior fighters and more likely to complete a mission?
We’ve got better at managing the health risks of traditional drugs of abuse, but novel psychoactive substances, or ‘legal highs’, are a dangerous unknown.
Cocaine is the second most commonly used illicit substance in Australia, after marijuana.
As in other parts of the world, the war on drugs in Southeast Asian countries has huge social, moral and medical costs. Now, an approach that places harm reduction at its centre is gaining support.
Ritalin is the most common brand name for methylphenidate, a stimulant used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Extensive drug use was reported at the 1952 Helsinki Games, but it was the death of two athletes that finally galvanized international sporting authorities into taking action against doping.
Changing drugs laws can have some very unexpected consequences.
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Professor of Neuropharmacology, University of Lancashire
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Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Behavioural Analysis, University of Surrey
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Research Assistant, The University of Queensland
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Visiting research fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Research Assistant at the Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Director of Research and Statistical Support Service and Program Leader for Substance Use and Mental Health, Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Biology, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Neuroscience, University of Florida
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Professor of Biomedical Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
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Assistant professor, University of Amsterdam
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Senior Lecturer in Exercise and Sport Science, University of Sydney
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Honors Faculty Fellow, Associate Teaching Professor, and Associate Director of the Center for Work & Democracy, Arizona State University
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Senior Lecturer, Brain Mind Centre Nepean, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University