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Cocaine and MDMA Ranked Highest Usage in Belgium
The latest wastewater findings from the European-wide SCORE group revealed that cocaine use is highest in western and southern European cities, particularly Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK. The results come after the average drug -
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Half of the worlds consumed cocaine originates from Colombia
Colombia is well known for its cultivation and trafficking of drugs rather than consumption. It is estimated that half of the worlds consumed cocaine originates from Colombia and according to the United Nations office -
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DUI Doesn’t Just Mean Booze
Drugs are taken to affect a person’s physical or mental condition in some way and in turn can negatively impact a driver’s ability to drive with full concentration. The National Highway Traffic Safety -
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Belgium’s Drug Problem
Cannabis has been documented as the most commonly used illicit drug in Belgium by theEuropean Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction’s 2018 report. Popular among young adults aged 15-34 years with males -
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Revolutionary Multi-Analyte Testing
Randox Toxicology’s patented Biochip Array Technology offers the world’s first multiplex screening platform with excellent cross-reactivity and unrivalled limits of detection. It is designed to work across a variety of forensic matrices such as -
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Benzodiazepines – America’s Other Prescription Drug Problem
Benzodiazepines, sometimes called “benzos” for short, are sedatives that are primarily prescribed to treat anxiety and sleeplessness. Dr Anna Lembke, chief of addiction medicine at Stanford University Medical Centre, stated that “complications from benzos, -
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Join us at AACC!
Join us at AACC! Randox will be attending the annual American Association for Clinical Chemistry from July 31st – August 2nd in Chicago, Illinois. What we do? Randox Toxicology aim to minimise laboratory workflow constraints whilst maximising -
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Sri Lanka – Opium Crisis
Cannabis continues to be the most reported drug abused in Sri Lanka, however cannabis related offences have decreased from 66.2% to 61.9% in April – May 2018. Heroin is the second highest drug -
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The Next Wave in Drug Abuse
A letter published by The New England Journal of Medicine documented that officials from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Douglas C. Throckmorton, Scott Gottlieb and Janet Woodcock have warned that non-opioid painkillers could -
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World Cup 2018 – Drug Facts – 12 Argentina
For the first time since 2010, Argentina’s government has released the national drug consumption data. The report by the Argentine anti-narcotic sectariat’s drug observatory was presented by President Mauricio Macri on June
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