Demi Lovato says that using drugs ‘almost killed’ her while also helping ‘save’ her life when she was dealing with suicidal thoughts. The pop star, 28, talked about her complicated relationship with substance abuse during an upcoming appearance on Diane Guerrero’s podcast Yeah No, I’m Not OK, telling the Orange Is The New Black actress drugs … Read more
On the face of it, it’s a mismatch that seems difficult to fathom. Over-65s account for one in five people in the UK and nine in ten Covid deaths. Yet new research shows they were likely to be excluded from more than half of 847 trials into Covid treatments and all 18 vaccine trials reviewed in … Read more
Disgraced cheating cyclist Lance Armstrong was so good he could have won the Tour de France even without drugs, legendary commentator Phil Liggett claims Phil Liggett believes a clean Lance Armstrong would have won Tour de France US cyclist won world famous race seven years in a row between 1999 and 2005 Admitted in 2013 … Read more
Suspected gang boss, 33, is extradited from the UAE on drugs and guns charges three years after he fled Britain to Dubai Leon Cullen, 33, appears in court after extradition from the United Arab Emirates He is suspected of being the head of a crime group supplying firearms and drugs He was remanded in custody … Read more
Drugs raid on barracks just yards from Windsor Castle: Troops from elite Coldstream Guards undergo body searches as they return to base after weekend… but no illegal substances are found and no arrests made Troops from Coldstream Guards were subjected to body searches on Monday The anti-drugs operation was conducted as they returned to Victoria … Read more
A coroner has called for Oxford University to overhaul its drugs policy after a gifted physics student died from an overdose. Daniel Mervis, 23, from Finchley in north London, died in October 2019, after a ‘battle with drug misuse that began whilst studying at Oxford’s St John’s College’. An inquest was told that the college … Read more
Generation cocaine: One in ten teenagers has tried hard drugs as use by under-17s hits a peak… and boys are more likely to experiment, new figures show One in ten young people has tried hard drugs by the age of 17, research finds The study by UCL found youngsters using more cocaine, ecstasy and ketamine … Read more
Coronavirus is ‘oiling the wheels of violence’ and putting young people at risk of turning to crime and becoming unemployable, according to David Jamieson, police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands Coronavirus is ‘oiling the wheels of violence’ and putting young people at risk of turning to crime and becoming unemployable, a police chief … Read more
GlaxoSmithKline slumps as it diverts dividend cash to feed drugs pipeline amid profits warning By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 3 February 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 3 February 2021 Shares in Glaxosmithkline sank by Matt Oliver after it warned profits would fall and that it plans to cut the dividend … Read more
Antibody cocktail drugs that offered ‘great hope’ in treating Covid-19 are ineffective against worrying new variants of the virus, research suggests. Lab tests found the experimental treatments, known as monoclonal antibodies, failed to neutralise strains one or more of strains which emerged in Kent, South Africa and Brazil. The drugs are derived from cloning a … Read more