The Latest in Designer Drugs
Over the past several years, the explosion of “designer drugs”— so named because they are designed to evade regulation and law enforcement—has continued unabated. Like fashion designers who work...
View ArticleNew Year's Honours list 2016 in full
Here is the full list of recipients in the New Year's Honours list 2016. ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, CIVIL Share Go To DBE (Dame) Professor Lesley Jean Fallowfield. Director, Sussex Health Outcomes...
View ArticleAlberta man risks life using experimental drugs – then writes online reviews
Many of the 45 vials contain research chemicals, experimental drugs that produce euphoria. Swaths of them are not regulated by federal laws. Some are available for sale only on the dark web. An...
View ArticleNew Year's honours 2016: the full list
The new knights, dames, MBEs and OBEs in the UK and overseas...
View ArticlePresident Trump: Irish writers have their say
While we were sleeping, first we voted into office the ones who watch you drown while very articulately expressing concern; then we tried voting for the ones who kind of like to see you drown. – from...
View ArticleSystemic Indifference
Summary On April 6, 2015, Raul Ernesto Morales-Ramos, a 44-year-old citizen of El Salvador, died at Palmdale Regional Medical Center in Palmdale, California, of organ failure, with signs of widespread...
View ArticleThe most unmissable culture of 2016
Tarantino goes bounty-hunting, Botticelli takes you to hell, Bowie goes dark, and Jericho fills that Downton-shaped hole … in our bumper guide to the best 150 arts events to look forward to this year...
View ArticleIn Full: The Local Election Count results
WITH Labour losing control of Glasgow council for the first time since 1980, the SNP returning the most councillors and the Conservatives making sweeping gains across the country it has been a very...
View ArticleHyperbole from both sides driving right-to-work debate
By of the Journal Sentinel Relatives and other supporters of Dontre Hamilton, killed by a Milwaukee police officer in Red Arrow Park in April, attended a Saturday rally in Chicago with the Rev. Jesse...
View ArticleThe Journey: Researching Ian Paisley ‘fascinating exercise’ - Timothy Spall
Award-winning actor Timothy Spall has said researching Ian Paisley for his role in The Journey was a “fascinating exercise”. Award winner Timothy Spall’s screen career spans right back to Quadrophenia,...
View Article“Bound by Brotherhood”
Summary This is what I have to say about the wounds on the body of the said accused. Since he was a hard core criminal, he refused to give any information. It was essential to get that information from...
View ArticleFlakka is the next designer drug to surface
Police in the city are keeping an eye out for a new designer drug making recent scary and bizarre headlines south of the border. Flakka — also known as alpha-PVP — emerged in Florida this spring but...
View ArticleBoehringer Ingelheim to Present 29 Abstracts at the Annual American Thoracic...
RIDGEFIELD, Conn., May 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that 29 abstracts from the company's respiratory portfolio will be presented at the 2015...
View ArticleA dangerous drug being passed off as Ecstasy is killing people
Sam Rega See Also Four drug deaths last month in Britain have been blamed on so-called "Superman" pills being sold as Ecstasy, but actually containing PMMA, a synthetic stimulant drug with some...
View ArticleTeen girl died after taking cocktail of drugs bought through 'Facebook contact'
A coroner has criticised our “binge” culture after hearing that a 19 year old girl died after ingesting a cocktail of illegal drugs mixed with alcohol. Share Teen girl died after taking cocktail of...
View ArticleNASA Announces New Director of Ames Research Center (NASA - The National...
(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced Monday the selection of Dr. Eugene L. Tu as the next director of the agency's Ames...
View ArticleFlakka is a dangerous drug, but it doesn't turn you into a zombie
“Bath salts,” or synthetic street drugs with amphetamines. Stories of horrific crimes resulting from drug use have been propagated by the media for over a century. Such stories began with cocaine in...
View ArticleGlasgow bin lorry crash driver suspended by city council
Harry Clarke suspended ‘on precautionary basis’ ahead of disciplinary investigation into allegations made during fatal accident inquiry...
View ArticleWhat it's like having dysphagia — the disease that makes it feel like you're...
Toast is an unlikely agent of death. But there you are in your kitchen on a Saturday morning, inexplicably choking on a mouthful, trying not to panic. The day begins like any other for Samantha...
View ArticleMan admits fatally stabbing his father in Glasgow flat
A man is facing a jail term after he admitted fatally stabbing his father. Robert Montgomery, 32, attacked Alan Montgomery during a row at his father's flat in Parnie Street, in Glasgow city centre, on...
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