Ethylbromazolam Concerns Grow as Experts Push for Urgent Action A powerful designer benzodiazepine called ethylbromazolam has been quietly circulating in the UK’s recreational drug market. Now it’s under the spotlight. The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) published a formal report on 14 April 2026, urging the government to strengthen legal controls around...
The World Health Organisation brought together producers, distributors, marketers and retailers on 15 April 2026 to examine alcohol industry practices and their impact on public health. This second formal dialogue, held online, builds directly on the February 2023 meeting and signals that WHO is pressing harder for answers. Alcohol use kills around 2.6 million people...
A doctor opens an online consultation and asks a patient a handful of questions. Within minutes, the doctor issues a prescription for medicinal cannabis through a cannabis clinic prescribing model that also profits from the sale. The clinic then delivers the product directly to the patient’s door. Convenient? Yes. Appropriate? That, according to a growing...
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed significant financial penalties against two major carriers. American Airlines and Southwest Airlines both face fines. The regulator cited serious lapses in their airline drug and alcohol testing programmes. The proposals came in early April 2025. They raised fresh questions about how rigorously commercial airlines enforce safety...
How a Drug Trafficking Gang Exploited NHS Branding to Run a £3 Million Operation A drug trafficking gang wrapped Ford Transit vans in NHS patient transport livery and sent criminal couriers to move hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and heroin across the UK, a court heard. South Wales Police dismantled the operation after one of...
A Manchester family is calling for urgent reform of private medical cannabis prescribing after a coroner ruled that a clinic’s prescription “probably contributed” to their son’s death. The case raises deeply uncomfortable questions about an industry that has grown at extraordinary speed with, many argue, insufficient oversight. Why Medical Cannabis Prescribing Failed Oliver Robinson Oliver...
South Ayrshire Council approved two controversial retrospective planning applications to convert a historic Ayrshire care home into a drug and alcohol rehab centre, overriding fierce local opposition and last-minute legal challenges. The council’s Regulatory Panel (Planning) voted five to three in favour of both proposals at Townend House in Symington on Thursday, 2 April 2026....
Ketamine Queen’ Jasveen Sangha has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for supplying the drug that killed Matthew Perry in October 2023, behind bars for over a decade. The judge handed down the ruling on 8 April 2026 at a federal court in Downtown Los Angeles. It is the harshest punishment yet among...
A once-in-a-generation chance to change what we watch Every weekend, families sit down for sport on free-to-air television and find themselves swimming through alcohol promotions. Australia’s alcohol advertising regulation has long allowed this to happen, and most people assume nothing will change. Right now, something actually might. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has...
Kratom Poisoning Reports Surge. Experts Say the Worst May Be Yet to Come. The number of kratom poisoning cases reported to United States poison control centres rose by roughly 1,200% over the past decade, according to new federal health data. Ultra-potent kratom products have since flooded convenience stores, vape shops, and petrol stations, pushing that...