WHO vaping report is 'misguided', say tobacco experts
A group of tobacco experts has called into question the reliability of the World Health Organization's guidelines on e-cigarettes (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - September 5, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
US aiming to help more heroin addicts and jail fewer
With deaths from heroin overdoses in the US on the rise, policies are shifting from incarceration to preventing overdoses and reducing harm (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - September 4, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Modified yeast makes opiates for the first time
Yeast that can make opiates from other molecules raise the prospect of tanks of drug-producing microorganisms replacing open fields of opium poppies (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - August 26, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
UK push to put warning labels on alcoholic drinks
British parliamentarians have proposed putting warnings on drinks in a manifesto of 10 measures to tackle alcohol misuse in the UK (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - August 14, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Esports: Doping is rampant, industry insider claims
Drugs to improve focus or remain cool under pressure are part of many esports players' strategy to get ahead, claims a former industry employee (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - August 13, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
My recreational drugs can defeat organised crime
Anonymous drug designer Dr Z says prohibitionist policies don't work. Instead, we should provide legal mind-altering drugs to improve society (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - August 11, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Protector gene's evil twin linked to spread of cancer
A newly discovered variant of a protein that helps protect us against cancer may trigger cancer and promote its spread around the body (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 29, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Alcohol improves your sense of smell - in moderation
Low levels of alcohol can improve your ability to discriminate between different odours, but be warned, the effect is reversed if you drink too much (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 23, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Asthma drugs stunt growth - but only by a centimetre
The long-standing worry that steroid-based asthma drugs stunt children's growth is overblown, two reviews of clinical trials conclude (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 17, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Arthritis drug shows potential to stall Alzheimer's
Etanercept might be able to reduce the cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer's disease, according to a small pilot safety study (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 16, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
How magic mushrooms induce a dreamlike state
A psychedelic trip on mushrooms is a surreal, dream-like experience because it triggers the brain changes that are also experienced when someone is dreaming (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 7, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
How magic mushrooms induce a dream-like state
A psychedelic trip on mushrooms is a surreal, dream-like experience because it triggers the brain changes that are also experienced when someone is dreaming (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 4, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Designer red blood cells could move drugs around body
Red blood cells have been genetically engineered to make it easy to stick molecules to them, and so could safely deliver drugs where needed (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - July 2, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
Time to kick cigarette butts – they're toxic trash
Poisons leach from the 4 trillion cigarette filters that we chuck each year, harming health and environment alike. They should be banned, argues Thomas Novotny (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - June 30, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
E-cig users are young, heavy smokers trying to quit
E-cigarettes do not appear to act as a gateway to smoking real cigarettes, as most people using them are already hooked (Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol)
Source: New Scientist - Drugs and Alcohol - June 18, 2014 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research
