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The Union government has decided to cap trade margins at 30% of the maximum retail price for all nonscheduled anticancer medicines, a measure officials estimate could reduce prices by up to 70% and save patients about...
South African police said they uncovered a suspected drug-manufacturing laboratory at a farm in Krugersdorp, Gauteng, and arrested five people found at the property during a joint operation with Crime Intelligence and...
Miami Beach police said four men were arrested Sept. 15 after a monthslong undercover investigation into an alleged drug distribution network, with officers reporting seizures of more than 70 pounds of drugs, $49,557...
A study of mice published in Nature Communications reports that cannabinoid exposure intensified defensive reactions to a threatening odor and increased activity in a group of neurons in the central amygdala, a brain...
A redacted Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department report records a request for a welfare check at Hayden Panettiere’s West Hollywood residence on August 9, 2026, one week before her death.
Pete Davidson said he sought rehabilitation after a period of severe drug use that he described as reaching a breaking point in 2023, and that he is now essentially sober.
Singer Lola Young said in a TikTok video that breathing had become difficult after years of vaping, describing her lungs as feeling “battery powered” and breathing as “a chore.
Analicia Chaves, known publicly as Ana Montana, was arrested in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and charged with two felony counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud or forgery and two misdemeanor counts...
A small study of adults with drug-resistant epilepsy found that frequent cannabis users had more severe seizure markers than nonusers, including a higher rate of focal-to-bilateral tonic-clonic seizures and a greater...
India’s Coast Guard and Gujarat’s Anti-Terrorist Squad intercepted an Iranian dhow west of Lakshadweep on September 25, seizing about 526 kilograms of heroin and methamphetamine and detaining five Pakistani nationals,...
Inventia Healthcare has recalled 13,567 bottles of 25-milligram chlorthalidone tablets after the medication failed dissolution specifications, according to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration enforcement report.
Teresa Giudice asked the public to give her daughter Milania privacy in a statement posted September 28, saying the 20-year-old had experienced significant psychological trauma after losing two close friends.
Presley Gerber, the 27-year-old son of Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber, died after entering a rehabilitation facility in Santa Monica, California, and police are investigating his death as a suspected overdose.
Jamar Goff, the 23-year-old foster son of television personality Ree Drummond, was arrested in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15 and booked on four charges, including drug possession, aggravated assault on a police...
Authorities in Oxford, Mississippi, are investigating the separate deaths of University of Mississippi students Aidan Hamilton, 18, and Robert Strang, 20.
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says two men have been arrested and arraigned on five charges tied to an alleged methamphetamine laboratory in Obeagu, Enugu State.
China’s Commerce Ministry and other government agencies announced on September 22 that exporters must obtain permits to ship two additional chemicals to the United States, Mexico and Canada.
Scotland recorded 1,133 drug-use deaths in 2025, an increase of 116 from the previous year, according to figures from National Records of Scotland. The age-adjusted rate was 21.
Children as young as 13 are being treated at the United Kingdom's first specialist clinic for a severe bladder condition caused by ketamine use, with more than 100 referrals received since the service opened at Alder...
The Metropolitan Police has warned that spiking in London is rising and changing in character, with offenders increasingly using drug-laced vapes and everyday medicines while targeting victims in private homes and par...
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