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  Sports doping, Victorian style

  19 Jun 2012:

  Vanessa Heggie: Athletes in the 19th century thought nothing of fortifying themselves with coca leaves, cocaine, alcohol or strychnine

• David Nutt: alcohol consumption would fall 25% if cannabis cafes were allowed

  19 Jun 2012: Former chairman of drugs advisory committee tells MPs Dutch-style 'coffee shops' would make people drink less

• Pass notes No 3,194: bath salts

  17 Jun 2012: The dangerous drug with the innocent-sounding street name has been linked to a series of violent attacks in the US

• Doctors raise questions over drug trials in developing countries

  12 Jun 2012: Medical paper claims some trials of already licensed medicines are carried out to increase sales rather than improve drug

• Pharmacists must put care before commerce

  12 Jun 2012: Peter Dawson: Changes to the way that pharmacies operate will allow people to buy medicines that currently require professional advice

• Is the future of drugs safe and non-addictive?

  10 Jun 2012:

  David Nutt: In years to come alcohol may be replaced with happier alternatives and we could all be immunised against developing harmful habits

• Hamilton Morris gets high for a living – and invites you to watch

  2 Jun 2012:

  Son of documentary maker Errol Morris has gone into the same line of work, albeit with added psychedelic frogs

• Ecstasy and cannabis should be freely available for study, says David Nutt

  31 May 2012:

  Former government adviser says regulations make it too difficult to research psychoactive drugs with potential medical uses

• Alcoholics Anonymous saved my life, but not by curing a 'disease'

  30 May 2012: Damian Thompson: A challenge to the accepted dogma that addiction as an irreversible brain disorder is long overdue

• Use 'overdose cure' naloxone more widely, drugs advisory council urges

  20 May 2012: Call for health minister to make potentially lifesaving treatment available without prescription prompts fears in some quarters that addicts will be tempted into riskier habits

• Statins could benefit health of millions

  17 May 2012:

  Medical journal says cholesterol-lowering pills can reduce the risk of heart problems, especially in the over-50s

• Ritalin use for ADHD children soars fourfold

  6 May 2012:

  Pupils as young as three are at risk from untested drug cocktails, warn experts as prescriptions soar

• Olympic 100m final, Seoul 1988 – in pictures

  Gallery (9 pictures), 6 May 2012:

  At the time one of the most eagerly anticipated athletics events ever, it is now regarded rather differently because of the drugs offences committed by a number of the participants

• Opium: Reality's Dark Dream by Thomas Dormandy – review

  29 Apr 2012: A deft history of opium spans the personal and the political, writes John Gallagher

• Suing the NHS over cheap blindness drugs is a risky business, Novartis

  24 Apr 2012: Sarah Boseley: The big pharma company may regret its attempt to stop the use of Avastin instead of a more expensive drug to prevent blindness

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