Cost of living woes fuelling fake medicine demand in Nigeria

A long-running struggle in Nigeria against fake medicines has become even harder because widespread economic hardship is driving up demand, experts say. The scale of the problem was highlighted in…

Japan to legalise cannabis-based medicines

Japan’s parliament has passed a bill to legalise cannabis-based medicines in a landmark revision of its stringent drug laws, while toughening its ban on recreational use of marijuana. The changes…