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Kolodny

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The doctor who took on big pharma to stem the US opioid epidemic

When Andrew Kolodny raised the alarm over the dangerously addictive properties of prescribed opioids, he became both a hero and a figure of hate

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Opioids that hit different brain target could be less addictive

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Opioids that hit different brain target could be less addictive

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trastuzumab

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NHS is switching to cheaper mimics of expensive cancer drugs

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Californians can now buy marijuana for recreational use

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Californians can now buy marijuana for recreational use

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Shocking drop in life expectancy shows US still in bad health

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2018 preview: Opioids will kill tens of thousands more people

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Antisense therapy promises to slow Huntington’s disease

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Fentanyl Citrate

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Fentanyl considered for execution cocktail by two US states

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Homeopathic drugs

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Why it's good that NHS England is cutting back on prescriptions

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Migraine drug makes people have fewer 'migraine days’

A large trial has found that a drug can halve the amount of time that people are laid low by migraines, and reduce the number of ‘migraine days’ a person has

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Another psychedelic revolution, but this time it's different

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Mind menders: how psychedelic drugs rebuild broken brains

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Why we should celebrate Scotland’s minimum alcohol price plan

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Medical cannabis vendors must stop making bogus health claims

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