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Mum says she 'nearly died' after developing blood clots when GP gave her 'wrong' contraceptive pill

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Mum Emma Tuthill, 32, was left fuming when, after two hospital visits within days, she developed blood clots which were put down to her being given the contraceptive pill

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Louisiana bill would place abortion pills on same list as opiates

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Louisiana is moving to criminalize possession of two medications used to induce abortion without a prescription, with punishments including prison time.

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Mail delivery of abortion pills is safe and convenient, study shows

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Dispensing abortion pills through the mail works as well as requiring patients to get them in person from a clinic or doctor's office, according to new research from UC San Francisco, which comes as the Supreme Court is considering whether…

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Louisiana Republicans push to add abortion pills to list of 'controlled dangerous substances'

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Louisiana Republicans are pushing to add abortion pills to a list of controlled substances, creating penalties for some people who may obtain the pills.

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Fentanyl pills are getting deadlier amid deepening ties between Mexico's cartels and China: DEA report warns

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DEA administrator Anne Milgram says Chinese businessmen are helping Mexico's drug cartels at both ends of the fentanyl business - manufacturing precursor chemicals and laundering ill-gotten gains.

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Louisiana Moves to Restrict Abortion Pills

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“Louisiana could become the first state in the country to categorize mifepristone and misoprostol — the drugs used to induce an abortion — as controlled dangerous substances, threatening incarceration and

Counterfeit pills containing fentanyl flooding the U.S., studies show

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Over 115 million pills seized by law enforcement in the U.S. last year contained fentanyl — a figure that’s more than 2,300 times greater than 2017 levels.

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Mail-order abortion pills safe and effective: Study

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Medication abortion pills — mifepristone and misoprostol — are effective and run a low risk of causing serious adverse events when mailed to patients, a new study shows. The study, published Monday in the peer-reviewed publication JAMA…

Number of pills containing fentanyl seized by police has skyrocketed

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Police seizures of illicit fentanyl pills have soared in recent years, a new study has found.

Sending abortion pills through the mail found to be timely and effective

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Dispensing abortion pills through the mail works as well as requiring patients to get them in person from a clinic or doctor's office, according to new research from UC San Francisco, which comes as the Supreme Court is considering whether…

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NDLEA Intercepts 3 Truckloads Of Opioids, Seizes 3.5m Pills, 344,000 Codeine Bottles

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted three truckloads of opioids comprising three million, four hundred and fifty thousand pills and three hundred and forty-four thousand bottles of codeine syrup at Abule Ado…

NDLEA intercepts 3 trailer loads of opioids, seizes 3.5m pills, 344,000 codeine bottles

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted three trailer loads of opioids at Abule Ado in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State.

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Dr Michael Mosley says 2p pill can ward off dementia and cancer

Dr Michael Mosley, 66, says he is not usually a fan of supplements as a balanced diet should provide all the vitamins you need

NDLEA intercepts 3 trailer loads of opioids, seizes 3.5m pills

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted three trailer loads of opioids at Abule Ado in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State.

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NDLEA intercepts 3 trailer loads of opioids, seizes 3.5m pills, 344,000 codeine bottles

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted three trailer loads of opioids at Abule Ado in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. This is contained in a statement by the NDLEA Director,…

Louisiana moves to make abortion pills ‘controlled dangerous substances’

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Someone possessing the pills without a valid prescription or outside of professional practice could be prosecuted and sentenced to prison.

Seizures of illicit fentanyl pills have surged

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Nearly half of illicit fentanyl seized by U.S. law enforcement now comes in pill form, representing an alarming shift in the country's illegal drug supply, according to a new federally funded study.

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Fentanyl Pill Seizures Skyrocketed by Over 1,700% Since 2017

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U.S. fentanyl seizures skyrocketed by over 1,700% from 2017 to 2023, with nearly half of the seizures in pill form by 2023, indicating a major...

Fentanyl pill seizures are skyrocketing, 115 million pills seized in 2023: Study

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The number of fentanyl seizures by law enforcement more than quadrupled between 2017 and 2023, with researchers finding the drug has continued entrench itself in the country's illicit drug supply. Seizures of fentanyl in the U.S. have…

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Attacking birth control pills, US influencers push misinformation

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US wellness influencers are increasingly targeting birth control pills, pushing their followers to abandon the contraceptives with false claims about infertility and low libido that researchers say leave them vulnerable to unintended…