Drug Debate
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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
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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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Opinion: Nandita Das’s ‘Zwigato’ is luminous in its humanism
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A new novel follows a luminous female friendship as two women take on love, life, and patriarchy
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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
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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
Video
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Watch: Women in saris play football in a tournament in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
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Watch: Protestors storm Israeli PM’s home, break barriers, after Netanyahu plans judicial changes
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Watch: IPS officer swims against the current from Gateway of India to Elephanta Caves
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Pension protests in France: Diners eat at restaurants as fires rage on the streets
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Innocent (1948-2023): Five memorable scenes featuring the actor (and former MP) from Kerala
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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
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India's generic drug makers likely to be major talking point during Modi's US visit
The US is expressing its displeasure over India's handling of patent matters on the eve of the Indian PM's visit.
Nayantara Narayanan