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psychoactive drugs

High and dry? Party drug could target excess drinking

Mind

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

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Plant extract trumps nicotine patches to quit smoking

Health

Plant extract trumps nicotine patches to quit smoking

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Menthol increases nicotine addiction by tweaking brain

Health

Menthol increases nicotine addiction by tweaking brain

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Enter the kaleidoscopic world of cancer drug crystals

Health

Enter the kaleidoscopic world of cancer drug crystals

Regulars

Australian smokers learn to accept gruesome packets

Health

Australian smokers learn to accept gruesome packets

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First 'smoking' TV ad for half a century a bad move

Health

First 'smoking' TV ad for half a century a bad move

Comment

First world war dysentery bug was penicillin-resistant

Health

First world war dysentery bug was penicillin-resistant

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Smoke without fire: What's the truth on e-cigarettes?

Technology

Smoke without fire: What's the truth on e-cigarettes?

Features

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Health

LSD's ability to make minds malleable revisited

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Kew's Intoxication season: live the high life

Life

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?

CultureLab

Health

Linking cannabis and suicide doesn't prove causation

Comment

Health

WHO vaping report is 'misguided', say tobacco experts

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Health

US aiming to help more heroin addicts and jail fewer

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Life

Modified yeast makes opiates for the first time

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