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Chemistry World
May 19, 2015
Simon Neil |
Cocaine users sweat over fingerprint analysis Scientists in the UK and the Netherlands have revealed a rapid, single-fingerprint test for cocaine use.   |
Chemistry World
January 2007
Yfke Hager |
Careers: Spin-Out Sense Craig Banks is passionate about his chemistry research. In his short academic career he has already co-founded a spin-out firm to make cannabis detectors. |
Chemistry World
June 24, 2015
Patrick Walter |
Legal in theory Governments around the world are faced with the particularly tricky problem of what they should do about 'legal highs'. |
AskMen.com
Dustin Driver |
Drug Testing 101 A look at how drug tests work. This article debunks some common drug testing rumors and discusses the legal meds that can raise alarm bells in the testing lab. |
Chemistry World
August 25, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Chemists wage war on designer drugs It is relatively simple to take a drug that has a known psychoactive effect and change one substituent group to make it into another drug that is not yet classified as illegal but provides the same or similar psychoactive high |
Chemistry World
May 13, 2011
James Urquhart |
Synthetic cannabis drug test US researchers have developed a new urine test for detecting and quantifying some of the metabolites associated with synthetic cannabis. |
Chemistry World
May 15, 2009
Katrina Megget |
Tripping over red tape The UK may be moving a step closer to allowing the use of a cannabis-based drug to treat the symptoms of multiple sclerosis |
Chemistry World
May 29, 2015
Emma Stoye |
UK launches universal ban on legal highs New laws banning the sale and distribution of all legal highs -- or new psychoactive substances -- have been drafted by the UK government. |
Chemistry World
June 12, 2013
Maria Burke |
'Scientific censorship' hamstringing psychoactive drug research Legal controls on psychoactive drugs have hindered neuroscience research and the discovery of new treatments for brain disorders in 'one of the most scandalous examples of scientific censorship in modern times', claim researchers. |
Chemistry World
October 29, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
Forging Ahead of the Counterfeiters Scientists have demonstrated a suite of analytical techniques that can be used to distinguish genuine from fake antimalaria tablets. The problem of counterfeit drugs is growing in many parts of the world, posing a serious health risk. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2004 |
Substance Abuse Questions and answers on substance abuse. |
IndustryWeek
February 17, 2010
Jonathan Katz |
Rethinking Drug Testing For years it's been a no-brainer on the plant floor, but what do drug screens really tell us? |
Reason
April 2008
Jacob Sullum |
No Bad Drugs Two books on drug use in America offer conflicting opinions and further emphasize the arbitrary distinctions at the root of drug prohibition. |
Chemistry World
June 8, 2015
Maria Burke |
Warnings that proposed UK blanket ban on 'legal highs' casts net too wide Some legal experts and scientists are warning that a proposed blanket ban on so-called 'legal highs' won't tackle the problem and may well hold back research into areas such as neuroscience. |
Chemistry World
September 11, 2013
Emma Stoye |
Call to overhaul liver toxicity testing Outdated assays for monitoring liver health could have caused dozens of drug candidates to be wrongly scrapped during development, according to new research. |
Managed Care
March 2008 |
PDP Drug Restrictions Block Comparison Shopping A review of 169 commonly used drugs covered by Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (PDPs) reveals that only 4 of the 10 largest plans by enrollment have all of those 169 drugs on formulary. |
Reason
November 2002
Jacob Sullum |
Urine -- or You're Out Drug testing is invasive, insulting, and generally irrelevant to job performance. Why do so many companies insist on it? |
Chemistry World
August 20, 2012 |
Pads Pick up Counterfeit Drugs Different lanes on the Pad test for different chemical characteristics of both active and supplementary ingredients in drugs. |
Chemistry World
June 4, 2013
Maria Burke |
'Legal high' production gathers pace New designer drugs are popping up in Europe at an unprecedented rate, sometimes on the illicit drug market and sometimes as 'legal' alternatives to controlled drugs, according to the latest report by the EU drugs agency. |
Chemistry World
May 21, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
New Technique to Finger Suspects Researchers have shown that it is possible to detect trace quantities of drug metabolites in fingerprints. The finding could allow forensic scientists not only to obtain information about a suspect's identity from the print, but also to elicit 'lifestyle intelligence' on the individual. |
American Family Physician
April 1, 2003 |
Substance Abuse--How To Recognize It Am I drinking too much?... Am I taking risks with alcohol or other mood-altering substances?... Has my drinking or drug use become a habit?... Is alcohol or drug use taking over my life?... Has drinking alcohol or using drugs become a problem for me?... etc. |
Chemistry World
July 2, 2012
Michael Stow |
Protecting the spirit of competition With the London 2012 Olympics now upon us, the issue of doping in sport is once more in the media spotlight. As new therapies emerge from the pharmaceutical industry, we must be vigilant for new doping threats and new and improved detection methods are continually investigated and developed. |
Chemistry World
June 26, 2013
Emma Stoye |
UN report warns of global rise in legal highs The latest World Drug Report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says governments around the world are struggling to cope with a growing number of legal party drugs. |
Search Engine Watch
May 18, 2010
Matthew Ncube |
Tracking Search Habits: The Mephedrone Ban Are Brits kicking the habit, or on the verge of getting hooked? Drilling down to see what the search data tells us. |
Chemistry World
February 22, 2008
James Mitchell Crow |
Toxin Test in a Lunchbox Scientists in the US have developed a cheap lunchbox-sized device that can detect exposure to toxic metals in minutes. |
American Family Physician
June 1, 2004 |
Club Drugs-Myths and Risks This article provides a general overview on the topic of club drugs like Ecstasy. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
February 1, 2013
Ben Comer |
Drugged Driving NHTSA is working on a structured, standardized protocol for assessing the driving-impairment risks of drugs. |
Chemistry World
February 8, 2010
Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay |
To catch a cheating athlete As the athletes take center stage at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Winter Games this month, chemists will be hard at work behind the scenes to catch athletes looking to win by taking drugs or blood products to artificially boost their performance during the competition. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2001
Jacob Sullum |
Through the Nose An FDA advisory committee has voted overwhelmingly to recommend over-the-counter status for Claritin, Allegra, and Zyrtec, three popular prescription allergy drugs. But the drugs' manufacturers are opposing a switch, fearing that it could hurt their profits... |
Chemistry World
June 17, 2014
Simon Hadlington |
Synthetic receptor recognizes entire drug family A team at the University of Brescia has developed a sensor which responds to the portion of the methamphetamine molecule that is common to the entire family. |
Chemistry World
April 30, 2014
Emma Stoye |
New Zealand in legal highs U-turn Politicians in New Zealand have decided to ban designer drugs from sale in the country, reversing an earlier decision to approve low risk drugs while new laws are put in place. |
Reason
September 2005
Kerry Howley |
Locking Up Life-Saving Drugs U.S. prescription laws make us sicker and poorer because the system that puts drugs over the counter is driven by profits and patents. |
American Family Physician
June 1, 2004
Gahlinger |
Club Drugs: MDMA, Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB), Rohypnol, and Ketamine About club drugs, outcomes of ingestion and treatments after ingestion. |
Chemistry World
April 1, 2011
Erica Wise |
DNA detection for rapid HIV diagnosis The diagnosis of HIV in developing countries could be quicker using a low cost device developed by US scientists. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
September 1, 2006
Patrick Clinton |
From the Editor: Undecided People are buying drugs, because companies are selling drugs. Interfere with the selling process, and people won't buy as many drugs. |
Chemistry World
July 18, 2008
James Mitchell Crow |
New drug test misses Olympic deadline A biomarker-based test has been developed to detect athletes that have used banned drugs long after the compounds themselves become undetectable - but it won't be approved in time for the Beijing Olympics. |
Chemistry World
August 23, 2012
Dean Baker |
Monopoly money It is remarkable that the system of patent support for prescription drug research has not become more of a policy issue. |
InternetNews
October 13, 2004
Roy Mark |
Report: The Internet and Drugs Don't Mix It seems an increasing number of Americans are researching drugs online, but safety fears chill buying. |
The Motley Fool
March 17, 2008
Brian Lawler |
The Panelling on Amgen's Walls One FDA panel ruling is a win, another is much less upsetting than investors feared. |
Chemistry World
April 7, 2014
Jessica Cocker |
SERS tubing makes intravenous drug delivery safer A sensor that identifies drugs compounds and monitors changes in their concentrations as they enter the body through an intravenous drip could prevent medication mistakes. |
BusinessWeek
April 18, 2005 |
Making Those Pills Safe For Kids Few medicines get tested on children. Dr. Donald Mattison is pushing to change that. |
Managed Care
July 2005 |
Cost being equal, consumers prefer older drugs Seven out of 10 consumers would prefer a drug that had been on the market for 10 years or more, compared to a newer drug, even if the copayments were equal. This could be a sign that consumers are more inclined to start using generic medications. |
Reason
February 2009
Ronald Bailey |
I Want a New Drug States that adopted new drugs more rapidly, had the smallest increases in disability rates. |
Chemistry World
November 2007
Lisa Melton |
Courtroom Chemistry When analyzing the smallest traces of evidence at a crime scene, chemistry is key. |
Managed Care
April 2004
John Carroll |
$50M for Drug Comparisons Could Produce Valuable Results The Medicare amendment adopted late last year contains a provision that could help P&T committees, not to mention consumers, evaluate competing drugs. |
Reason
January 2004
Renee Moilanen |
Just Say No Again The old failures of new and improved anti-drug education |
Chemistry World
May 9, 2011
Sarah Houlton |
Ecstasy substitute poses major health risks Scientists at Anglia Ruskin University haves shown that one of the most common 'legal high' designer drugs, benzylpiperazine, is not only dangerous when it's taken - repeated consumption poses major health risks. |
Reason
April 2001
Ronald Bailey |
Goddamn the Pusher Man Why does everybody seem to hate the pharmaceutical industry? |
Science News
October 2, 2004
Janet Raloff |
A Guggul Prescription for Drug Interactions A study finds that the herbal product interferes with how long some medicines circulate in blood and therefore their efficacy. |
Reason
January 2002
Jacob Sullum |
Sex, Drugs, and Techno Music Why the rap against Ecstasy has a familiar ring to it |
