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Is cannabis really less dangerous than MDMA and Adderall? Experts warn of psychosis and heart risks as officials move to downgrade drug

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Doctors have declared the Government’s push to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a ‘political move that goes against science’ and ‘glosses over’ serious risks of addiction and psychosis. 

The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is announced plans to downgrade marijuana from a schedule one substance to schedule three, putting it in the same safety category as some types of Tylenol and steroids. 

If the rule is officially adopted, marijuana will be considered less risky than LSD, ecstacy, codeine, Adderall

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Heart attacks and suicide: The dark truth about ketamine – the mental health ‘wonder drug’ endorsed by Elon Musk

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Experts have sounded the alarm about potentially flawed research touting ketamine as a wonder drug for depression – after X boss Elon Musk admitted to taking it ‘every other week’.

Musk, 52, appeared in a heated interview last week with former CNN anchor Don Lemon, where the two butted heads on several topics, including Musk’s use ofthe drug – which has psychoactive effects.

Though Musk said it was ‘pretty private to ask somebody about a medical prescription,’ he has previously

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‘I have less than a year left with my baby and I’m exhausted from grieving – but miracle drug will give us more time together as a family’

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Parents of a baby boy with a rare muscle-wasting disease are desperately fighting to raise money for a miracle drug to keep their son alive. 

Ted Chadwick, now eight months old, had trouble sleeping and feeding shortly after he was born.

Then, when he was just six weeks old, his parents learnt these were symptoms of condition called spinal muscular atrophy type one (SMA1).

This is the most severe form of a neuromuscular condition which sees the spinal cord motor

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REVEALED: The 16 celebs CONFIRMED to be on Ozempic… as drug makers urge stars to stop hogging it for ‘vanity’ reasons

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Speculation about which celebrities are on Ozempic reached a new high this week when many of them looked noticeably ‘slimmed-down’ at the Oscars ceremony.

The drugs are so widespread in Hollywood that the makers of the weight-loss drugs have launched a campaign pleading with influential people to stop using them for ‘vanity reasons’, which has led to shortages affecting those who genuinely need them.

Due to the gray area around prescribing these drugs ‘off-label’, and the stigma of using them

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The U.S. now has a drug for severe frostbite. How does it work?

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In the worst cases, frostbite can cause the tissues in fingers, toes, noses and other extremities to die and require amputation. Now doctors in the United States have a way to save patients from these life-altering effects.

In February, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the country’s first medication to treat severe frostbite. In a clinical trial, the drug, iloprost, greatly reduced amputations in nearly all the frostbite patients who received it.

Although frostbite affects a relatively small number

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Jimmy Kimmel BOMBS at Oscars 2024: Host’s joke about Robert Downey Jr’s drug use leaves actor fuming, Emma Stone appears to call him a ‘p***k’ and he scrambles for laughs with naked John Cena gag

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Jimmy Kimmel roasted Robert Downey Jr’s manhood and past drug use in his bombshell opening monologue at the 2024 Oscars on Sunday – while also appearing to upset actress Emma Stone. 

The host, 56, returning for the fourth time, left the A-listers grinning and cringing in equal measure as he took to the stage.

Downey Jr. 58, who is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Oppenheimer was stony-faced as Kimmel made a crass joke at the start of the ceremony

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Illinois woman who vomited so violently after using Ozempic that she tore her ESOPHAGUS joins huge legal fight against maker of blockbuster weight loss drug – as Novo Nordisk braces for up to 10,000 lawsuits

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A woman who vomited so much after using Ozempic that she suffered a torn esophagus has joined a growing legal campaign with thousands of patients who claim the blockbuster drug caused horrendous side-effects.

Dina Fioretti, 60, from Illinois, has sued Novo Nordisk over claims Ozempic triggered extreme vomiting, pain and a blocked bowel. Her complaint alleges she developed a Mallory-Weiss tear, the medical term for a torn esophagus, because of the vomiting and spent a week in hospital.

Fioretti’s complaint,

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Taking a weight-loss drug reduced a craving for opioids

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DENVER — A weight-loss drug used to treat obesity and diabetes has shown promise to treat another disorder: opioid addiction.  

Early results from a small clinical trial, presented February 17 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, suggest that a close relative of the weight-loss drugs Wegovy and Ozempic significantly lessened cravings for opioids in people with opioid use disorder.

“For them to have any time when they might be free of that craving

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Marine vet advocates for psychedelic-assisted PTSD therapies, as FDA drug application is filed for MDMA

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Woman will suffer diarrhea FOREVER after Ozempic caused horror bowel injury – and weight loss drug made another vomit until her teeth fell out, claim dozens of lawsuits saying maker failed to warn of its dangers

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A woman who will suffer diarrhea for the rest of her life after using Ozempic is among dozens of patients who are suing the maker of the blockbuster weight loss drug over claims it left them with crippling stomach paralysis, a DailyMail.com investigation reveals.

Novo Nordisk, the maker of Ozempic and Wegovy, is facing lawsuits from patients across America who say they experienced extreme side effects which they were allegedly not warned about.

Thousands more patients have also come forward

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