Serco, which runs five prisons in the UK, has suggested on the spot searches of prison staff as a method of 'increasing the ...

A new petition is calling on Parliament to launch an independent regulatory review of New Zealand’s outdated Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 (MoDA) and its associated framework, including the Psychoactive ...

The government has permitted Dr. Cameron Lacey, a psychiatrist, to prescribe psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound found in ...

Australia and New Zealand lead the world in per-capita cocaine use as global drug consumption and trafficking reach ...

This is huge for people with depression who've tried everything else and are still suffering,' says Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour.

In a landmark decision that signals a shift in mental health treatment and drug policy, the New Zealand government has ...

Before her death this year, a British aristocrat once known unkindly as the “crackpot countess” suggested science was about ...

New Zealand on Wednesday approved the medicinal use of psilocybin, a hallucinogenic compound notably found in so-called ...

Ensuring there are stronger controls in place for these harmful substances is a step towards that goal,” Mr Brown says. Most of the 23 substances were under some limited level of control either under ...

New Zealand increases penalties for 23 illicit drugs- ... penalties for 23 illicit drugs. Source: Xinhua. Editor: huaxia. 2025-03-11 13:16:45. WELLINGTON, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand ...

WELLINGTON, March 11 (Xinhua) -- The New Zealand government has tightened controls on 23 harmful substances, including reclassifying three linked to the powerful opioid fentanyl, with the maximum ...