Tag: drug

Working to cut drug deaths

Business

Joe Hutchison - February 28, 2020

Drug users, their families and people working on the frontline to tackle the problem of substance misuse have told 350 delegates at the Scottish...

Dundee joins ERA4TB international project fighting tuberculosis

Business

Joe Hutchison - January 31, 2020

The ERA4TB (European Regimen Accelerator for Tuberculosis) project is a public-private initiative dedicated to the development of drugs against tuberculosis. With a team of...

Moment trouserless “Spice Zombie” stops traffic as he battles wheelie bin

In Brief

Kirsty Stewart - February 9, 2018

A DISTURBING video shows a suspected "Spice Zombie" with his trousers round his ankles stopping traffic as he battles a wheelie bin. The bizarre clip...

Fury as England approves muscular dystrophy drug denied Scots

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - April 15, 2016

ENGLISH health chiefs have approved a muscular dystrophy wonder drug recently refused to Scots children suffering from the disease. The £200,000-a-year treatment for Duchenne muscular...

Woman smokes crack on Princes Street bus at lunchtime

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - February 23, 2016

ASTONISHING pictures show a woman smoking crack cocaine on a bus in broad daylight in Scotland’s most famous shopping street. The brunette crouches on the...