drugs

Weight-loss jabs have become a national obsession, it seems.More than one in five UK adults tried to access weight-loss medications in the past year alone, according to a survey by the National Pharmacy Association. This rises to more…

Slumped in a doorway surrounded by drugs paraphernalia an addict lies collapsed in a drug-induced haze.Yards away are grassy areas littered with drugs ‘debris’ – hypodermic needles and heroin pipes.Just around the corner, and, sadly with…

A young British woman accused of smuggling £1.2million worth of drugs into Sri Lanka could face up to a year on remand in prison before she learns of her fate.Charlotte Lee May, 21, from Coulsdon, south London, was arrested in the…

Quite how young Bella May Culley is screams out in her carefree – and copious – social media posts. At the start of May, on an earlier leg of her far-flung travels, the 18-year-old from Teesside posted an image from the coral reefs off…

Drugs mule suspect Bella Culley faces spending life behind bars in Georgia with an evil sledgehammer killer who throttled her own child to death.The 18-year-old is languishing in notorious Women’s Penitentiary Number Five alongside…

British drugs suspect Bella May Culley, 18, is 'depressed, confused and scared' as she faces possible life imprisonment, says her lawyer.The teenager from Billingham, County Durham is accused of carrying 30lbs of cannabis into ex-Soviet…

President Donald Trump has announced a new executive order reducing the cost of prescription drugs and pharmaceuticals by up to 80 percent in a move he describes as one of the most consequential in American history.Trump said his…

Mandi Masterpole was one of 16 million Americans taking ADHD medications — the only catch? She didn't have the disorder.She took drugs like Adderall and Ritalin without a prescription, using them to power through schoolwork, juggle…

When I began my career as an NHS psychiatrist more than 30 years ago, I was taught about a rare condition where children had such severe hyperactive behaviour that they had to take powerful medication simply to get through school.The…

Florida estimates it could save up to $150million on medications in the first yearBut manufacturers and lobbying groups are expected to sue to block its effortsREAD MORE:  CVS to slash price of prescription drugs after…