Prescription Drugs
latest news & developments
Elon Musk, depression and South Africa’s cowboy ketamine clinics
Ketamine has been used for decades as an anaesthetic drug, but in the past few years, more and more psychiatrists have been using it for hard-to-treat depression
The case for decriminalising personal drug use
Deputy Social Development Minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu tells the UN that the war on drugs has failed and is suggesting other options to tackle addiction
Controlling codeine: less painkiller in your pills
Pharmaceutical experts differ over how to limit dependency on a common painkiller.
Pain of getting hooked on ‘hillbilly heroin’ crushes developed world
It began with doctors trying to help their patients but has turned into an epidemic of addiction. Ed Pilkington reports.
Pushers in white coats
Prescription drug abuse is on the increase, and medical aids often fund this form of addiction. Faranaaz Parker reports.