How a Self-Described ‘Junkie’ Rode Synthetic Drugs to Oblivion — and Fame
An Estonian addict could barely keep pace with the new drugs flooding the market. His terrifying accounts of the cruel toll they took on his body held...
Inside Chicago's battle against the synthetic drugs flooding the US
A new wave of synthetic drugs is sweeping across the United States, raising fear of a worsening drug crisis. The BBC's Quentin Sommerville reports fro...
New powerful synthetic opioid behind sharp rise in Scottish drugs deaths
Eleven per cent increase in fatalities last year partly down to presence of nitazenes in Scotland’s illicit drug marketA new type of powerful syntheti...
‘Beautiful blobs’: synthetic life a step closer as scientists make cells using lab-made DNA
Tiny, quivering spheres designed to feed and multiply raise prospect of artificial organisms to make drugs, food and fuelResearchers claim they are cl...