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Montreal police find painkiller ’40 times stronger than heroin’ on black market

Canadian police are pictured March 11, 2013 in Montreal. (AFP)

Montreal police said Monday they found a Can$3 million (US$3 million) drug stash that included their first ever black market discovery of a synthetic drug that is “40 times stronger than heroin.” Authorities seized more than 300,000 tablets of the illegally-produced synthetic prescription drug desmethyl fentanyl, as well as marijuana,…

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World’s biggest independent drug use survey launches

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Global Drug Survey collects detailed information about what drugs people use, why and how often The world’s biggest independent survey of drug use, collecting detailed data on the drug experiences of tens of thousands of people, launches on Thursday. The Guardian, along with a range of media partners across the…

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Pot-based prescription drug could receive FDA approval

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A British pharmaceutic firm is completing clinical trials of a drug derived directly from marijuana and hopes to receive approval to market it from the Food and Drug Administration by the end of 2013. The drug, which contains both THC and cannabidiol, has already been approved in Canada, New Zealand,…

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