Under the influence and under arrest − what happens if you’re drunk in the interrogation room?
Imagine it’s Friday night. You’re enjoying happy hour with friends after a long week. You’re relaxed, having indulged in several...
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Large retailers don’t have smokestacks, but they generate a lot of pollution − and states are starting to regulate it
Did you receive a mail-order package this week? Carriers in the U.S. shipped 64 packages for every American in 2022,...
Can a drug like Ozempic help treat addictions to alcohol, opioids or other substances?
Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are taking drugs like Ozempic to lose weight. But what do we actually know...
How corporate involvement in psychedelic research could threaten public safety
In the mid-20th century, psychedelics were deemed illegal substances with little medical purpose, a high potential for abuse and a...
Parrot fever cases amid a ‘mysterious’ pneumonia outbreak in Argentina – what you need to know about psittacosis
The term “mysterious pneumonia” has become particularly triggering since early 2020. This is how the yet-to-be-named disease COVID-19 was first...
The UK plans to phase out smoking. What does this new law mean for tobacco control in Australia?
There are no silver bullets, magic tricks or secret hacks to solving complex public health problems. Taking on the global...
Language matters in preventing suicide
Of all the issues in psychiatry, even in all of medicine, suicide may be the most challenging to discuss responsibly...
Five things our research uncovered when we recreated 16th century beer (and barrels)
It’s true that our 16th-century ancestors drank much more than Irish people do today. But why they did so and...
Pharmacists should be able to dispense nicotine vapes without a prescription. Here’s why
The Australian government is currently considering a bill to implement the next stage of reforms to vaping regulation. At present,...
Measles is a humanitarian issue, and its unwelcome reappearance in Canada is a reminder of its importance
As a medical organization, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is no stranger to measles, which has long been a...
