Drug Debate
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For second time in seven months, India is running short of TB drugs, putting patients at risk
The Centre, which is responsible for supplying the medicines, has asked states to arrange medicines locally.
Tabassum Barnagarwala
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A mysterious drug resistance threatens to undo gains made by TB patients
Doctors have begun to come across patients who fail to respond to bedaquiline, leaving them with limited treatment options.
Tabassum Barnagarwala
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Punjab: Navjot Singh Sidhu backs MP’s demand to legalise cultivation and sale of opium
He claimed opium was better than heroin.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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TISS suspended Dalit PhD scholar for protesting Centre’s policies, alleges student body
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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A silent movement for the legalisation of cannabis is spreading across India
The Great Legalisation Movement has two agendas: quietly provide cannabis oil to cancer patients, and press the government to lift the ban on using marijuana.
Avantika Mehta
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Narcotics are smuggled into Goa as it is a tourist state, there is no drug mafia: Manohar Parrikar
State minister Sudin Dhavalikar submitted the reply on behalf of the chief minister in the Assembly after MLAs expressed concern over the problem.
Scroll Staff
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Should medical marijuana be legalised in India? Palliative care doctors are divided
Doctors want the government to improve access to pain-relieving opioids first.
Priyanka Vora
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Prince’s death from fentanyl is only the tip of the global overdose iceberg
The musician died of an accidental overdose. Accidents are common when it comes to fentanyl, a powerful pain killer 100 times stronger than morphine.
Julaine Allan, The Conversation
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Soviet-era treatment could be the new weapon in the war against antibiotic resistance
The virus that could cure antibiotic resistant infections.
Scroll & Ville Friman, The Conversation
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How India tackles adverse drug reactions – by ignoring data
Ten per cent of all medicines popped worldwide are taken in India. Yet it accounts for just 2% of globally occurring side effects of medicines.
Charu Bahri, IndiaSpend.com
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future