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Eli Lilly just halved the price of its weight-loss drug — declaring war on the booming market of knock-offs

Eli Lilly is now offering cheaper single-dose vials of its wildly popular weight-loss drug Zepbound…

Gabby Landsverk   


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America's absurd war on 'organized retail crime'

Target and CVS call them criminal masterminds. Most are homeless or mentally ill.

Amy Martyn   


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America's trade war is coming for Gen Z's favorites

Gen Z could see higher prices on Shein and Temu goods due to a Biden administration proposal.

Jacob Zinkula   


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Scientists want to help drug addicts recover — by giving them psychedelics

Researchers have begun exploring psychedelic-assisted therapy for addiction recovery by administeri…

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Weight-loss drugs just got cheaper and better

Eli Lilly priced its new weight-loss drug Zepbound 20% lower than competitor Wegovy, an unusual mov…

Shelby Livingston,Hilary Brue…   


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The night the Lord of the Skies got away

In 1985, US agents had a chance to stop Mexico's top drug lord. Years later, evidence from that nig…

Noah Hurowitz   


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For Wagner Moura, leaving Pablo Escobar behind after 'Narcos' was just as tough as leaving the 'Civil War' combat zone

After playing Pablo Escobar in "Narcos," Wagner Moura immersed himself in the hyper-realistic war z…

Caralynn Matassa   


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Ukraine is legalizing medicinal marijuana to treat stress and cancer among war survivors

Zelenskyy is expected to sign the bill into law for it to come into effect, which is estimated to h…

Matthew Loh   


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A drug cartel dumped an SUV filled with 10 corpses near the Christmas tree outside the offices of a Mexican governor, officials say

Mexico's president called the crime a "provocation," adding that it was the result of a drugs war i…

Joshua Zitser   


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Russia's synthetic drug use is skyrocketing as soldiers return from Ukraine with addictions and trafficking supply routes dwindle

Before the war, Russia served as a hub for cross-border flows of illicit products. Now, Russian gan…

Erin Snodgrass   


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Weight loss drugs' messy rise: How Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro really affect patients and what comes next

Patients and doctors share their perspectives on the biggest ever revolution in obesity medicine.

Hilary Brueck,Gabby Landsverk…   


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Ukraine should give its soldiers weed instead of opioids so it can avoid a US-style drugs crisis, doctor says

A Ukrainian doctor said soldiers should be prescribed cannabis instead of opioids as the country fa…

Thibault Spirlet   


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The curious afterlife of the Lord of the Skies

Conspiracy theories about the death of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Lord of the Skies, have lingered for…

Noah Hurowitz   


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Russian soldiers are getting hard drugs delivered to their trenches in Ukraine to escape boredom, report says

Drug use is widespread in the Russian forces fighting Ukraine on the front lines, news outlet Verst…

Sophia Ankel   


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The US ups its multimillion-dollar rewards for 2 Sinaloa cartel leaders as another war brews for control of the cartel

The US recently increased its rewards for two major cartel figures, and another was quietly release…

Luis Chaparro   


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With job cuts and drug tests, the Pentagon hopes to prepare its special-ops forces for a new era of warfare

Special-ops units are the tip of the spear, but in an era of competition with Russia and China, the…

Stavros Atlamazoglou   


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Mexico's war on cartels has created 400 new gangs that are taking on the police and cartels that are left

That proliferation has been a challenge and asset for major cartels, but it has overwhelmed Mexican…

Luis Chaparro   


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They started out as pioneering hip-hop moguls. They wound up building a drug empire.

Tupac, cocaine, and murder: the incredible saga of the Henchmen brothers

David Kushner   


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The story of El Chapo's escape from prison in a laundry cart and his triumphant return to Sinaloa

In 2001, Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, the Mexican drug trafficker better known as El Chapo, dec…

Noah Hurowitz