drugs

Health
Chinese suppliers are advertising nitazenes — more potent than fentanyl — online
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A large crowd gathered at a political rally with prominent figures on stage, surrounded by many supporters waving flags and taking photos. Multiple large screens display images from the event.
Global Politics
US designates Venezuela’s ‘Cartel of the Suns’ a foreign terrorist organization. What is it, really?
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a white bottle of Oxycontin sits on a shelf.
Health & Medicine
How do our brains react to drugs? A former addict turned neuroscientist explains.
The Next Chapter for the Mexican Drug War
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A Public Health Crisis in Puerto Rico Unfolds as a New Hurricane Season Nears
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On Memorial Day: Stories of Trauma, Survival and Renewal
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Arts, Culture & Media
Opium Lit
Arts, Culture & Media
Sideshow Podcast: The Internet’s Best TV Show Heads to HBO
MRI of the brain
Arts
Gary Marcus: Enhancing creativity
The firm grip of inequality.
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wall with two people at bottom looking up
Global Politics
The White House threatens to take Congress to the mat on the border wall
Reshaping Obamacare, The War on Drugs, A Pioneering President
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U.S. Terror Threats, Mexico’s Missing, Trotsky in New York
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Jennelyn Olaires, the partner of Michael Siaron whom police said was killed by a vigilante group in Manila.
Conflict
The rule of law in the Philippines gives way to more summary executions
Psychedelic Science, Restorative Radio, Obamacare Battle
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Russia's Maria Sharapova serves during her third round match against Lauren Davis of the U.S. at the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park, Australia, January 22, 2016.
Sports
The creator of Meldonium thinks athletes like Maria Sharapova should be able to use his product
As Campaigns Leave New Hampshire, The Heroin Epidemic Remains
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Today’s Takeaways: Fighting the Heroin Epidemic, Searching for a Golden Gun, Struggling for an Inclusive Islam
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Martin Shkreli
Health
A drug that used to cost $13.50 per tablet rose to $750. Can that be justified?
Heroin on the National Stage, Military Equality, A Civil Rights Hero
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Environmental Racism, American Terrorism, and a Cold War DJ
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Pills
Medicine
Why you’re likely better off with the generic drug instead of the brand name
The death chamber at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas is seen through steel bars from the viewing room.
Justice
Prisons enter a sketchy world to obtain drugs to kill death row inmates
Nine-year-old Tumelo shows off antiretroviral pills before taking his medication at Nkosi's Haven, south of Johannesburg. Such anti-AIDS drugs are used as part of the cheap, illegal cocktail known as "nyaope."
Health
South Africa’s new drug cocktail of choice is devastating its townships
A small kit of supplies containing syringes, bandaids and antiseptic pads waits to be used by a drug addict inside a safe injection site on Vancouver, British Columbia's eastside August 23, 2006. Nearly a decade later, the city will be offering free heroi
Health
Vancouver combats heroin by giving its addicts the best smack in the world
Kenya's Rita Jeptoo reacts after winning the women's division at the 118th running of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts April 21, 2014. Jeptoo, winner of the Boston and Chicago Marathons for the last two years, has failed an out-of-competition
Sports
A Kenyan marathon champion is hit with serious doping allegations