Russian chemist who created novichok invents Covid-19 drug

Russian biochemist who created NOVICHOK invents new drug to tackle Covid-19 Dr Lenoid Rink was involved in the secret Soviet development of Novichok  Novichok was used on the Skripals in Britain in 2012 and Alexei Navalny last year The new coronavirus-tackling drug is based on a Soviet medicine for leprosy  Rink said the formulation has … Read more

True Life star Charlie Balducci’s death ruled as drug overdose caused by ‘acute intoxication’.

True Life star Charlie Balducci’s death ruled as drug overdose caused by ‘acute intoxication’… six months after he was found unresponsive at his New York home Balducci, best known for his appearances in US docuseries True Life, was found in bed by paramedics called to his Staten Island property in July The New York City … Read more

R&B singer Chico DeBarge ‘charged with drug possession and DUI after posing as brother James’

Eighties R&B singer Chico DeBarge ‘is charged with drug possession, DUI and false impersonation after posing as his brother James during arrest’ By Ryan Smith for MailOnline Published: 11:03 GMT, 25 January 2021 | Updated: 11:03 GMT, 25 January 2021 Singer Chico DeBarge has been reportedly charged with drug possession, DUI and false impersonation after … Read more

Mike Nichols biography claims Oscar-winning director’s 1986 heart attack brought on by drug abuse

Mike Nichols biography claims Oscar-winning director said his 1986 heart attack was brought on by abuse of cocaine and crack By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 01:31 GMT, 21 January 2021 | Updated: 01:35 GMT, 21 January 2021 A new book about late filmmaker Mike Nichols claims the heart attack Nichols suffered in 1986 was due to … Read more

Arthritis drug hailed by Boris Johnson as a ‘life-saving’ Covid-19 treatment may be ineffective

An anti-inflammatory drug used to treat arthritis, which has been hailed by Boris Johnson as a ‘life-saving’ Covid-19 treatment, may be ineffective — and could even increase the patient’s risk of dying — according to a new study.   The latest research, published in the BMJ, found 11 of 65 people (17 per cent) treated with tocilizumab … Read more

Kim K effect: Trump grants clemency to 31 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses

PARDONED Amy Povah: President Trump granted a full pardon to Amy Povah, the founder of the CAN-DO (Clemency for All Non-violent Drug Offenders) Foundation. In the 1990s, Ms. Povah served 9 years of a 24 year sentence for a drug offense before President Clinton commuted her remaining prison sentence in 2000. Since her release, she has … Read more

Stephanie Seymour’s son Harry Brant dead at 24 of accidental drug overdose after battling addiction

Stephanie Seymour’s son Harry Brant dies at age 24 of accidental drug overdose after years-long battle with addiction By Glenn Garner For Dailymail.com Published: 04:18 GMT, 19 January 2021 | Updated: 04:18 GMT, 19 January 2021 Harry Brant has died at the age of 24. The socialite suffered an accidental drug overdose, following a years-long … Read more

‘Breakthrough’ drug that halts ovarian cancer gives a supermarket worker, 56, new life

One of the first British patients to be given a ‘breakthrough’ drug for deadly ovarian cancer has defied the odds, after the pill kept her cancer at bay for several years. Val Simcock, 56, ran out of options in 2017 when a second bout of chemotherapy failed to halt the growth of her tumour. But … Read more

Four Albanians are charged with money laundering and drug trafficking

Four ‘suspected Albanian gangsters’ are charged with money laundering and drug trafficking after investigators seize £340,000 in cash and cocaine worth £400,000 Police and the National Crime Agency raided addresses in the south east Officers recovered cocaine and cash at addresses in London and Essex  Four Albanian men were arrested and charged in connection with … Read more

The wild story about Grant Denyer going to a Thai rehab facility that sparked false drug rumours

Grant Denyer addressed past speculation of a drug habit on Thursday’s episode of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!  And now a Woman’s Day article that sparked the false rumours has resurfaced.   The 43-year-old TV host was asked about the allegations on the show by his co-star, Toni Pearen, after a 2014 report … Read more