DNA barcoding reveals herbal pill contamination
Herbal supplements sometimes contain unlisted substitutes instead of the main plant – with potentially dangerous consequences (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - November 9, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Sewer sensors sniff out signs of bombs and drugs
Bomb makers and chemists cooking up crystal meth better watch out. A sewer system full of chemical sensors could soon be sniffing out their homemade labs (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - October 31, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Menthol cigarettes: Stub out these seductive smokes
Menthol cigarettes make it easier to start smoking and harder to quit. It's time to stub them out for good, says Lawrence Carter (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - October 22, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Silk Road bust hints at FBI's new cybercrime powers
The world's biggest online drug marketplace has been taken down in a swoop that indicates the FBI's growing ability to probe the darker reaches of the net (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - October 8, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Girl who feels no pain could inspire new painkillers
A mutation in one gene means that a girl is unable to sense pain – a discovery that could hold clues for the development of new drugs (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - September 15, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
E-cigarettes help you quit as well as nicotine patches
The first comparison of the two quitting aids finds that smokers who use electronic cigarettes are as successful as those using the gold standard approach (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - September 8, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Steep rise in drug harm – opioids the most deadly
Death and disability caused by both illicit drug use and mental health disorders has climbed significantly since 1990, finds biggest epidemiological survey (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - August 31, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Mind-altering drug could offer life free of heroin
Can our correspondent kick a long-term opiate habit by taking one dose of a hallucinogen? (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - August 22, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
States lead the US toward a new era in its war on drugs
A new system of evidence-based punishment for drugs crimes is paying dividends in a country plagued by overpopulated prisons (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - August 16, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Uruguay vote moves the country towards legal cannabis
Uruguay looks set to become the first country to set up a legal market for cannabis, with laws described as a "cutting-edge experiment" (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - August 2, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
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Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 31, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
It's official: we're seduced by cigarette packaging
Results from smokers in Australia suggest that plain packaging makes cigarettes less satisfying and prompts people to consider quitting (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 23, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Axing health statistics is penny wise, pound foolish
We cannot afford to let figures vital for assessing our wellbeing fall victim to austerity cuts, warns a policy researcher (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 19, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Supplements fingered in sprinters' positive dope tests
With two of the fastest-ever 100-metre runners, Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell, failing drug tests, poorly labelled dietary supplements may be to blame (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 15, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Ethnic background influences immune response to TB
A clear contrast in immune response to TB between groups of African and Eurasian descent indicates that drug trials should take ethnicity into account (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 8, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
