Established drugs – such as heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine – continue to demand attention. Here’s what else the latest drug trends tell us.
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Drug testing has found potent synthetic opioids and other unexpected substances in products sold as heroin, diazepam and cannabis.
Flushing drugs or throwing them in the trash can have unintended consequences.
Evidence suggests that people who receive syringes from a needle exchange are less likely to dispose of them improperly.
How has the UK’s health changed since 2001?
Crackdowns may suppress some forms of gang activity without dismantling their economic structures.
Study suggests long-practiced strategy of taking out the heads of drug cartels may be missing underlying predictors of crime.
Patients in Indonesia cannot access medical opioids because the government fears drug misuse.
On its own, the Drug Overdose (Assistance Protection) Legislation Bill is no magic bullet. But it would add to an existing range of effective harm-reduction tools.
History has shown that when manufacturers skimp on sterile filtration of drugs, the consequences can amount to the loss of hundreds of lives and millions of dollars.
Two experts explain why we must view addiction as a health condition, not a moral failure.
This drug is used to treat endometriosis and some breast cancers, but will soon be stripped from Australian shelves.
Hemp-derived THC products are federally legal, for now. A chemist describes the different THC forms these products can contain and the legal restrictions placed on them.
Some industry-funded clinical trials show signs of being designed to market drugs rather than to test them for their safety and effectiveness. Detecting these studies remains difficult.
Best known as a type 2 diabetes treatment, metformin is also being investigated for its possible effects on PCOS and ageing.
Wholesale and street prices for meth have dropped sharply over seven years, but it’s as potent as ever. Are new global supply routes to blame?
New research analysing a rare heroin drought offers lessons as Australian states try to crack down on illegal tobacco.
Mexico has been following the same rulebook of engagement with the cartels for much of the past two decades, with very limited success.
Members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel have set up roadblocks and attacked property and security forces in the days following their leader’s death.
The killing of the Jalisco New Generation cartel’s leader is likely to spark a wave violence.
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Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Associate professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto; York University, Canada; University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer of Addiction, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Professor in Substance Use, Liverpool John Moores University
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Associate Professor, National Drug Research Institute / enAble Institute, Curtin University
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Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Professor in Criminal Justice and Faculty Director of Public Engagement, University of Kent
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Swansea University
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Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Birmingham
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PhD Candidate, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Lecturer, RMIT University
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University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Pharmacy Practice, Kingston University