War on drugs: The Kiwi comedown has lessons for all
Hailed as a better way than prohibition, there is much to learn from New Zealand's stalled attempt to legalise new highs, says campaigner Ross Bell (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - January 12, 2015 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Booze binge has immediate effect on immune system
As soon as your start imbibing, alcohol can play havoc with your immune response and weaken it. This is the first time such immediate effects have been spotted (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - January 8, 2015 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
High and dry? Party drug could target excess drinking
A patent has been filed for a drug that produces some of ecstasy's euphoric effects – and seems to put the brakes on boozing (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - December 31, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Raise a toast to drugs that could replace alcohol
Drugs that are taken instead of alcohol, or which reduce the urge to consume it, should be treated carefully, but if they reduce harm, they must be allowed (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - December 31, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Man vs sherry trifle: Can I eat myself drunk?
Graham Lawton attempts to get mashed on potatoes and sauced on sauce. It's a sobering insight into what really happens to the booze we cook with (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - December 29, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Plant extract trumps nicotine patches to quit smoking
For decades, smokers in eastern Europe have used cytisine from laburnum trees to help them quit. Good results in a new trial could make cytisine much more popular (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - December 18, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Menthol increases nicotine addiction by tweaking brain
The popular mint cigarette flavouring menthol may make smoking a harder habit to kick by increasing the number of nicotine receptors in our brains (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - December 5, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Enter the kaleidoscopic world of cancer drug crystals
Celebrating the International Year of Crystallography, an exhibition in London reveals the beauty of crystal structures (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - November 15, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Australian smokers learn to accept gruesome packets
The graphic images plastered across unbranded cigarette packs in Australia have gained acceptance, with more smokers now supporting the packaging than opposed (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - November 11, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
First 'smoking' TV ad for half a century a bad move
Allowing the first UK TV ad showing e-cigarette use flies in the face of growing concerns about their impact, says a leading public health expert (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - November 11, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
First world war dysentery bug was penicillin-resistant
A dysentery bug called Shigella that killed a soldier in 1915 was resistant to penicillin 13 years before the antibiotic was discovered (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - November 7, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Smoke without fire: What's the truth on e-cigarettes?
They've been called safe, dangerous, a way to quit smoking – and a way to start. New Scientist sifts through the evidence about e-cigarettes (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - October 30, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
LSD's ability to make minds malleable revisited
It's been 40 years since LSD was initially investigated for its promise in psychotherapy. After a long hiatus, it is now getting a more rigorous treatment (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - October 9, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Kew's Intoxication season: live the high life
From blue lotus to kola nut, just what does it take to get off your face in London's Kew Gardens? (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - September 26, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Linking cannabis and suicide doesn't prove causation
A study linking daily cannabis use to suicide got a lot of coverage earlier this week, but, Michael Slezak says, correlation does not mean causation (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - September 15, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
