Japanese authorities made their biggest drug bust ever after they found roughly a metric ton of dried cannabis — worth about ¥5.2 billion ($35.2 million) — in a ship from Vietnam that docked at a Tokyo pier in June. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/japan/crime-legal/cannabis-smuggling-vietnam/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #drugs #marijuana #vietnam #japanesepolice #smuggling
One in 55 middle schoolers in Japan admitted to abusing over-the-counter drugs for the purpose of “feeling high or changing their mood,” a survey has found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/13/japan/science-health/over-the-counter-drug-middle-school/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #medicine #pharmaeuticals #health #drugs #teens
Again and again, the FDA tolerated substandard manufacturing at a Sun Pharma factory after the company promised to make changes, according to documents obtained by ProPublica. The medications kept flowing to the U.S. market.
The U.S. under President Donald Trump is crafting a confrontational approach toward Latin America that signals a willingness to use military force against drug cartels. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/09/world/politics/trump-military-drug-cartels/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #latinamerica #us #donaldtrump #drugs #gangs #usmilitary
The FDA is cracking down on a generic drugmaker that was the subject of a ProPublica investigation last year, citing problems with safety tests that delayed the recall of a faulty medicine linked to deaths in the U.S.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-letter-glenmark-pharmaceuticals?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
London’s worsening disorder — from soaring petty crime to reckless delivery riders and rising drug use — reflects a decades-old pattern of authorities and citizens normalizing lawlessness. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/23/londons-deviant-behavior-problem/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #london #crime #police #drugs #sadiqkhan
"Alcohol is Aotearoa New Zealand’s most harmful drug
Alcohol causes approximately 900 deaths, 1,250 cancers, 30,000 hospitalisations, and 130,000 ACC claims per year. Māori face inequitable harms and are twice as likely to die from an alcohol-related cause than non-Māori. Alcohol harms not just individual health, both physical and mental, but also harms families, communities and society as a whole, costing us $9.1 billion per year."
#PHCC, 2025
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The FDA found that Sun Pharma, which produces generic drugs for U.S. consumers, failed to investigate the source of bacteria found in test vials or promptly deal with damaged equipment that had caused drugs to be contaminated with metal particles.
The FDA found that Sun Pharma, which produces generic drugs for U.S. consumers, failed to investigate the source of bacteria found in test vials or promptly deal with damaged equipment that had caused drugs to be contaminated with metal particles.
Researchers at the National Cancer Center Japan say they have discovered how a previously unknown group of gut bacteria can boost the efficacy of a class of anticancer drugs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/15/japan/science-health/japan-anticancer-drugs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #cancer #medicine #drugs
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With deep job cuts at the FDA, inspectors say the ongoing strain could compromise policing an industry spread across more than 90 countries.
“Things will be missed, we are going to have a lot less safe drugs,” a former inspector said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-cuts-drug-factory-inspections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
With deep job cuts at the FDA, inspectors say the ongoing strain could compromise policing an industry spread across more than 90 countries.
“Things will be missed, we are going to have a lot less safe drugs,” a former inspector said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-cuts-drug-factory-inspections?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
@sharan well, that's up to you :D
I used to drink 8-9 coffees per day, five of which were before noon. I didn't have a problem drinking a coffee late in the evening. I thought to myself, if I can fall asleep, there's no problem.
https://arnel.bearblog.dev/one-coffee/
#coffee #health #blogging #blogger #drugs #habits #descendents
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One former senior official called it “mind-boggling” that the Drug Enforcement Administration is “just getting orders saying, ‘This is what Stephen Miller wants and you’ve got to give it to us.’”
One former senior official called it “mind-boggling” that the Drug Enforcement Administration is “just getting orders saying, ‘This is what Stephen Miller wants and you’ve got to give it to us.’”
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The FDA allowed into the United States at least 150 drugs or their ingredients made at banned factories that were found to have mold, foul water, dirty labs or fraudulent testing protocols.
Key takeaways of our investigation:
https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-drug-safety-foreign-manufacturers-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
The FDA allowed into the United States at least 150 drugs or their ingredients made at banned factories that were found to have mold, foul water, dirty labs or fraudulent testing protocols.
Key takeaways of our investigation:
https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-drug-safety-foreign-manufacturers-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
When Joe DeMayo’s donated kidney started to fail earlier than expected, he didn’t know that the drug he was taking could’ve left him vulnerable — and that one of the most formidable drug regulators in the world may have failed to protect him.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-tacrolimus-kidney-transplant-patient?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post