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The global synthetic drugs crisis has hit West Africa, where people are digging up human bones to make a drug called 'kush'
An African city has had to put police guards on the cemeteries amid fears drug addicts are robbing …
Rebecca Rommen
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 shared by David Baker, Demis Hassabis, John M Jumper for work on protein
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry recognizes David Baker for computational protein design and Demis…
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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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How smaller doses of more powerful drugs allowed Mexican cartels to overwhelm Mexican police and flood the US
"If Mexican authorities seized more than 100 kilograms, it means criminals are producing at least s…
Luis Chaparro
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Matthew Perry wrote in his memoir that ketamine, the drug that led to his death, had his 'name written all over it'
In "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing," Perry wrote about his experience receiving ketami…
Eve Crosbie
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Synthetic psilocybin treatments by 2025
Welcome to Insider Cannabis, where we're bringing you an inside look at the deals, trends, and pers…
Jeremy Berke,Yeji Jesse Lee
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America's deadly synthetic opioid epidemic is being driven by free market capitalism
"We live in a time when certain corporations behave like drug traffickers, and drug traffickers beh…
Paul Constant
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1 chart shows why you should care about the silent epidemic of deaths from street drug 'tranq'
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported a 276% increase in overdose deaths …
Kate Hull
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Coronavirus is 'dealing a gut-punch' to cartels, since China's lockdown is hurting the supply chain of chemicals used to make synthetic opioids
Phil Jordan, a former director of the DEA's El Paso Intelligence Center, told the Associated Press:…
James Pasley
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Lindsey Graham is calling for the US to unleash its 'fury and might' to destroy the Mexican drug cartels
Graham said he isn't suggesting that the US should invade Mexico, but called for drug labs that are…
Cheryl Teh
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Think twice before buying pills south of the border — over half are laced with drugs like fentanyl and meth, investigation warns
People buying drugs at pharmacies aimed at tourists in Mexico have a good chance of buying pills cu…
Jake Swearingen
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Retail crime is a 'spiraling problem' in Kansas, the state's AG says, as rising drug use leads to a surge in shoplifting in Wichita
Items being targeted include Lego sets, jewelry, beauty products, and Tide detergent, a Wichita pol…
Grace Dean
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The cocaine trade is booming, and smugglers have their eyes on a new market
According to a Sinaloa Cartel operator, a kilo of cocaine in Europe is worth double what it goes fo…
Luis Chaparro
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We wouldn't have Ozempic without Gila monsters their hunger-regulating venom inspired weight-loss drugs
Ozempic was created thanks to research on Gila monsters, the only venomous lizard in the US. Their …
Hilary Brueck
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El Chapo's drug-lord sons are alleged to have fed rival Mexican traffickers to their pet tigers, according to an unsealed US indictment
The four sons of the incarcerated Mexican drug lord face multiple charges that allege a criminal em…
Bethany Dawson,Isobel van Hag…
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A major investigation in Arizona yielded $13 million worth of drugs, including 30 million potentially lethal doses of fentanyl
Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that is 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times more po…
Aditi Bharade
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9 years after an acid trip, I still have anxiety-inducing visual distortions that only stop when I sleep
After experimenting with hallucinogens as a teen, Callen Ghahramani said he still has debilitating …
Andrea Michelson
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New diabetes drug significant in fight against obesity, reveals new study
A weekly intake of a drug, approved to treat Type 2 diabetes, can provide substantial and sustained…