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Police will soon be able to orally test drivers for four drugs. But impairment from prescription medications is far more common and remains largely self-policed.
Adulterated drugs and a shortage of pill testing services is making it hard for people who use drugs to stay safe. But they’re taking matters into their own hands.
Here’s how a drug gets from an idea into patients’ hands – and why Australians sometimes wait longer to access a new drug than their American cousins.
Two stars have tested positive for banned substances in the past year, raising questions about the fairness, transparency and accountability of the testing system.
MDMA, psilocybin, ketamine derivatives, and other hallucinogens are authorised in certain countries to treat depression or post-traumatic stress disorder. What is the level of evidence?
Diabetes trials are leaving out people who are most affected by diabetes, which creates a series of problems include the greater likelihood of missing rare and potentially dangerous side effects.
Testing workers for drug and alcohol use can reduce injuries but is less effective than a comprehensive approach to improving staff health.
Horseshoe crabs play a unique role in medicine, but they’re also ecologically important in their home waters along the Atlantic coast. Can regulators balance the needs of humans and nature?
The flesh-eating drug Xylazine is causing havoc in the US. Now it’s in the UK.
Poppy seeds can become contaminated with opiates during harvesting. For the US Defense Department, invoking a ‘poppy seed defense’ may not be enough to rule out a positive drug test result.
What happens when drug testing experts come across a substance they have never seen before?
In the wake of debate about cannabis, performance-enhancing drugs and the Olympic Games, athlete-driven doping legislation is the way forward.
No sightseeing, cheering, singing or (at least officially) sex. This is what an Olympic Games during a pandemic could look like.
Alcohol is not the reason people harass, bully or intimidate. The fundamental problem behind those behaviours is attitudes to women. Testing on-site doesn’t address those deeper cultural issues.
A court challenge from high-profile prisoner Craig Minogue will see new limits around prison officials’ treatment of prisoners
Will a vaccine for COVID-19 be safe? Animal testing, human clinical trials and post-approval surveillance give us good grounds to believe that a future approved vaccine will work and be safe.
We need to look at what’s behind arguments for and against drug testing welfare recipients to avoid repeating the same debate, over and over.
There’s no evidence drug use is a barrier to job seeking. And testing can’t distinguish between one off, irregular or regular use.
After losing her marginal seat of Corangamite at the election, Sarah Henderson is set to return to parliament after winning preselection for a Victorian Senate vacancy.
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