The Welfare Queen
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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
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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 Article'Horror movie' footage of homeless Spice addicts staggering around after...
Shocking new footage has emerged of drug users turning a city into 'something from a dystopian horror film' as the Spice epidemic continues to get worse. The synthetic cannabis has been sweeping the...
View ArticleNew Year's honours 2016: the full list
The new knights, dames, MBEs and OBEs in the UK and overseas...
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 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 ArticleThe most unmissable culture of 2016
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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...
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