Why is the moral panic over e-cigarettes intensifying?
Moves to ostracise e-cigarettes are mounting despite a lack of evidence that they cause any harm, says Amanda Marcotte (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - March 7, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Cannabis can kill without the influence of other drugs
Post-mortems reveal that, in rare cases, marijuana can cause heart problems that prove fatal (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - February 20, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Why so munchy? Cannabis shown to ramp up sense of smell
A study in mice has provided the most complete explanation yet for why marijuana triggers intense hunger pangs, elucidating the role of smell (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - February 9, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
UK government to ban e-cigarettes for under-18s
The sale of e-cigarettes to minors will be banned amid concerns that the devices might lead to young people getting hooked on real cigarettes (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - February 3, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Science 'wrong' in EU's proposed e-cigarette law
European lawmakers accused of misinterpreting scientific research and imposing unjustified burdens on the regulation of e-cigarettes (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - January 23, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
What Colorado's cannabis experiment will teach us
Researchers are hoping to gather unprecedented data on how people buy and use legal cannabis, and the impacts on health and the black market (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - January 11, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
US offers world's first legal recreational marijuana
From 1 January, residents of Colorado aged 21 or older became the first people in the world able to buy pot for legally sanctioned recreational use (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - January 3, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
A break from booze, a break from bad habits
Quitting alcohol for short periods seems to bring health benefits – but it also changes your mindset about drinking, and that could be a bigger gain (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - January 2, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Our liver vacation: Is a dry January really worth it?
Less liver fat, cholesterol and weight – just some of the benefits that New Scientist staff enjoyed in a pioneering study into a month's alcohol abstinence (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - January 1, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Athletes' biological passports will track steroid use
In 2014 pro athletes will be subject to routine checks on steroids in their urine – and deviations from their normal physiology will trigger doping alarms (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - December 31, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Why whisky makes you frisky (and gin makes you sin)
What's your poison? How it affects you depends on much more than the amount of raw alcohol it contains. Kat Austen distils the truth (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - December 27, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Flu vaccine helps unravel complex causes of narcolepsy
The link between a strange sleep disorder and a swine flu vaccine has been found, raising hopes of safer vaccines and an insight into autoimmune disease (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - December 18, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
US to phase out antibiotics for fattening livestock
To help quell antibiotic resistance, the US Food and Drug Administration has asked for the drugs to be labelled as not for use as growth promoters (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - December 12, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
First survey shows which grape bacteria improve wine
The world's first analysis of bacteria in different grapes and grape-growing regions reveals which microbe combinations make the best flavour (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - November 27, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
