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Could weight-loss drugs boost the economy?
Today's Big Question A five-year trial will examine the use of Mounjaro in getting people back to work
By Elizabeth Carr-Ellis, The Week UK Published
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Why does Donald Trump want to free the founder of an online black market?
Today's Big Question Ross Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison for creating the Silk Road market
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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The Week Unwrapped: Who will be the first trillionaire?
Podcast Plus, what has the Pope been doing in Asia? And why is ketamine addiction on the rise?
By The Week Staff Published
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Guzzling passengers: should airports limit pre-flight boozing?
Talking Point Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary has called for a two drinks per passenger limit at airport bars
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Scottish drug deaths: what's gone wrong?
The Explainer The latest figures show an increase in drug misuse deaths in Scotland
By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published
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5 charged in connection to Matthew Perry's death
Speed Read The suspects involved in the actor's fatal ketamine overdose took advantage of him, prosecutors say
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Pharmaceutical companies are warning of a rise in knockoff drugs
Under the Radar The World Health Organization is also urging consumers to be cautious
By Justin Klawans, The Week US Published
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Europe's drug gangs in the spotlight
The Explainer The illegal narcotics trade is fuelling a surge in gang violence across the continent
By The Week UK Published
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Bolivia's battle to decriminalise coca leaf
Under the Radar WHO study boosts South American nation's desire to export cocaine ingredient
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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What reclassifying cannabis could change
The Explainer The Biden administration's move to change marijuana from a Schedule I narcotic to Schedule III could reshape the pot landscape even if it doesn't mean full federal legalization
By Rafi Schwartz, The Week US Published
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Do youth curfews work?
Today's big question Banning unaccompanied children from towns and cities is popular with some voters but is contentious politically
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Andrew Fahie: the ex-BVI premier, cocaine-filled boats and drug trafficking plot
Under the radar Fahie's defense attorney claimed the British overseas territory leader was 'acting like the fictitious CIA agent Jason Bourne'
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Echoes of thalidomide: the sodium valproate scandal
Under The Radar Epilepsy drug has caused autism, learning difficulties and physical disabilities in at least 20,000 babies in Britain
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Why Thailand is set to reverse weed decriminalisation
Under the Radar Legal confusion has caused controversy over lucrative trade
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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