Drugs

‘Nobody has seen him selling drugs': Bali lawyer pleads for leniency for Australian

Surf instructor Jeff Walton was caught with heroin and methamphetamine when arriving in Bali from Vietnam and faces a long stretch in an Indonesian prison.
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Auditing the Prescription Drug Consumer Price Index in a Changing Marketplace - by Richard G. Frank, Andrew L. Hicks, Ernst R. Berndt

2 hours ago | National Bureau of Economic Research

The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Prescription Drug Consumer Price Index has been the focus of considerable controversy in recent years. The CPI-Rx limits its sampling frame to...
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Perth man in Bali jail on drug charges

8 hours ago | Sydney Morning Herald

A Perth diving instructor is in a Bali prison after he was caught with eight grams of heroin.
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Clot-busting Drug Lowers Cost in Stroke Treatment

15 hours ago | Medindia Health

Tenecteplase, the newer-generation clot-busting medication fares better than the traditional treatment for ischemic strokes in key areas such as better health outcomes.
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Critics: Oregon's move to decriminalize hard drugs a failure

15 hours ago | ABC News

Since Oregon residents voted in 2020 to decriminalize hard drugs and dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars to treatment, few people have requested the services and the state...
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Perth man held in Bali for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs through island's airport

1 day ago | Sydney Morning Herald | 2 articles

Perth man arrested in Bali accused of trying to smuggle drugs to island.
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How a Hospital Chain Used a Poor Neighborhood to Turn Huge Profits

1 day ago | NY Times

Bon Secours Mercy Health, a major nonprofit health system, used the poverty of Richmond Community Hospital's patients to tap into a lucrative federal drug program.
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How a Hospital Chain Used a Poor Neighborhood to Turn Huge Profits

1 day ago | NY Times

Bon Secours Mercy Health, a major nonprofit health system, used the poverty of Richmond Community Hospital's patients to tap into a lucrative federal drug program.
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Perth man arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs into Bali

1 day ago | Sydney Morning Herald

A Perth man has been arrested in Bali for allegedly attempting to smuggle heroin and methamphetamines into Indonesia.
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Viruses exploit ability to sense the environment to maximize their infective yield

2 days ago | News Medical

New UMBC-led research in Frontiers in Microbiology suggests that viruses are using information from their environment to "decide" when to sit tight inside their hosts and when...
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Italians cast their votes in crucial election

Italians have voted in an election that could move the country's politics sharply toward the right during a critical time for Europe. Read more ...

Dividend crusader gets second wind as franking stoush re-emerges

Having given Labor a black eye in 2019, veteran investor Geoff Wilson isn't ready to give the Albanese government any benefit of the doubt on its latest proposed tweak to the... Read more ...

‘Literally about to fall to bits': Historic Aboriginal Panthers documentary...

A little-seen film documenting the rise of Australia's black power movement in the 1970s and the establishment of the Aboriginal Embassy in Canberra has been digitally restored... Read more ...

Paris, Kim, Kate: Why designers went big on stunts at Milan Fashion Week

The clothes took a back seat at Milan Fashion Week as big brands Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana and Versace attempted to outdo each other with celebrities, sets and unusual casting. Read more ...

Third parties to be covered by anti-corruption commission

The national integrity commission will have the power to investigate anyone who tries to influence public officials into engaging in dishonest conduct in a pivotal step to... Read more ...

Text messages may help speed up decision-making in nursing homes, improve...

Each year, billions of dollars are spent transferring residents from nursing homes to hospitals. Now Read more ...

'You' Season 4 Release Date, Teaser Trailer, & Other Dark Details

If you can't get enough of the absolute psychotic chaos of You on Netflix, then you're not alone. Before the show's third season even dropped on Netflix in October, the... Read more ...

Green's form pressures Marsh, Stoinis to prove their World Cup fitness

Cameron Green's India exploits mean Mitchell Marsh and Marcus Stoinis will not want to put a single foot wrong in their returns from injury Read more ...

‘Huge wake-up call': Optus to offer credit monitoring as government...

In her first significant comments since the hack, the cybersecurity minister confirmed almost 3 million Optus customers had significant amounts of personal data stolen in last... Read more ...

Princess Mary filmed dancing at royal event

In a rare glimpse of her royal duties Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, has been filmed dancing at an official event with husband Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark. Read more ...