Opioids
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How to escape the ‘heroin hustle’: the project helping South African addicts
Heroin use has risen sharply across the country but in Pretoria, a programme of methadone and support is succe…
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Opioid crisis: US and China at odds over influx of fentanyl
Antony Blinken speaks at launch of US-led coalition to address synthetic drug threatsWho is responsible for th…
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Opioids addiction rising in India as US drugmakers push painkillers
As the Indian government loosens its prescription opioid laws after decades of lobbying by palliative care adv…
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Facing fire over opioid crisis, US drugmakers eye a booming new pain market in India
As India loosens its stringent narcotics laws, US companies including Johnson & Johnson, Abbott Laboratori…