Supplies of a common drug used in everyday treatment have dried up - and prompted pharmacists to hit out at red tape ...

Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) are chemically engineered substances designed to mimic the effects of traditional controlled drugs such as opioids, stimulants, and cannabinoids. These compounds ...

Britain is in the grip of a “hidden” drugs epidemic which has killed hundreds, with narcotics stronger than heroin sold over the internet. But the true scale of the problem is unknown, with a report ...

Millions of people are now using weight-loss drugs, but it seems there are side-effects that come with the slimmer waistlines ...

Synthetic drugs are raising the risk of an epidemic worse than that of fentanyl in the UK and Europe. Marianne Guenot explains what these drugs are and what clinicians need to know Mat Southwell had ...

The UK's first legal drug consumption room opens in Glasgow today, following a decade-long legal battle between the city's council and Westminster. The initiative "marks a significant, if contested, ...

The price the NHS pays for medicines will need to rise to stop a wave of pharmaceutical investment leaving the UK, science minister Patrick Vallance has said. His comments follow several recent ...