The quest for a pandemic pill →
Can we prepare antivirals to combat the next global crisis? THE NEW YORKER
Read More'I'm going to operate a drugs fix room from a van' →
A former drug worker has said he is launching a mobile "fix room", where addicts can take drugs under supervision, even though he faces being arrested. BBC NEWS
Read MoreRepurposing drugs to fight cancer →
While doctors are allowed to use drugs approved for one disease to treat another condition, many don’t because approval to do so doesn’t appear on the label. But that may be changing. THE NEW YORK TIMES
Read MoreBack from the brink of death: reversing a heroin overdose →
Anti-overdose drug naloxone has been in clinical use since the 1970s but not always where it’s needed most. The Guardian’s Jamie Grierson visited Redcar in North Yorkshire where a group of former drug users provide at-risk people with kits that could save their lives. THE GUARDIAN
Read MoreThen & now: Portugal's drug decriminalisation →
Back in 1999, Portugal experienced 369 overdose deaths and in 2016, the number was just 30. The number of new HIV diagnoses due to injecting has plummeted from 907 in 2000 to 18 in 2017. The new laws have also had an impact on incarceration with the number of people behind bars for drug offences falling from 3,863 in 1999 to 1,140 in 2017. STATISTA
Read MoreMarketing psychiatric drugs to jailers and judges →
Drug companies are courting jails and judges through sophisticated marketing efforts. THE ATLANTIC
Read MorePortugal solved is drug crisis. Why can't America do the same? →
When 1% of its population was caught in the grips of a heroin epidemic, Portugal took the radical step to decriminalize drugs. It worked. HUFFPOST
Read More'Historic step': Mexico judge approves recreational cocaine use →
In the first ruling of its kind, a judge in Mexico has granted two people the right to use cocaine recreationally, the organisation behind the cases said on Tuesday, calling it a "historic step". AL-JAZEERA
Read MoreCannabis: Should it be legal in the UK? →
This week, three MPs told Radio 1 Newsbeat they think cannabis will become legal in the UK within a decade. David Lammy, Jonathan Djanogly, and Norman Lamb had been on a fact-finding trip to Canada, the first major Western country to legalise the drug. BBC NEWS
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