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Psychedelics rejected, Captagon factories and “pink cocaine”: The drugs that defined 2024

Psychedelics rejected, Captagon factories and “pink cocaine”: The drugs that defined 2024

In the U.S., about half of the population takes a prescription drug every day, and half of adults have tried illicit drugs at least once. Drug use is a routine part of life for most Americans, whether it’s coffee in the morning, alcoholic drinks at night or using anything else to get by. This past year saw some major changes in drug trends, which could give a good indicator of what’s to come in 2025 and beyond. In the 2024 election cycle, Kamala Harris made history by becoming the first presidential candidate to promise to legalize cannabis at the federal level if elected. While that policy change is not something President-elect Donald Trump has said he supports, Harris and President Joe Biden did move to reschedule cannabis from a Schedule I substance (in the same category as heroin) to a Schedule III substance (in the same category as ketamine) this year, pardoning thousands of convictions for possession. Outside of policy, researchers in the lab continued to learn more about how drugs affect the body. Lenacapavir, …

Pioneering Alzheimer’s drug rejected for widespread use in NHS in England | UK News

Pioneering Alzheimer’s drug rejected for widespread use in NHS in England | UK News

A new pioneering Alzheimer’s drug has been rejected for widespread use in the NHS in England. The announcement comes as the UK’s medicines regulator said that donanemab could be licensed for use in the UK. However, the health spending watchdog, the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), said that it “does not currently demonstrate value for the NHS”. It is the second time a new Alzheimer’s treatment has been rejected by NICE in a matter of months. Manufactured by pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, donanemab, also known as Kisunla, is a targeted antibody drug that slows down the early stages of Alzheimer’s. Along with another new Alzheimer’s drug called lecanemab, it has been billed as a huge step forward in research because they both target a known cause of the disease – instead of just treating the symptoms. Image: A doctor indicates to a brain scan of someone with Alzheimer’s disease. Pic: Reuters Commenting on new draft guidance rejecting the drug, Helen Knight from NICE said: “For NICE to be able to approve a …

Complaint rejected over article linking Doug Barrowman to suicides

Complaint rejected over article linking Doug Barrowman to suicides

Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman. Picture: PA Media The Daily Mail was justified in reporting that businessman Douglas Barrowman made millions from tax avoidance schemes that led to suicides, according to press regulator IPSO. Barrowman, the husband of Tory Peer Baroness Michelle Mone, claimed an article headlined: “How Baroness Bra’s (equally flashy) husband made £300m from dubious tax-avoidance schemes that ruined thousands and led to two suicides” was inaccurate. The piece, from January 2024, reported that Barrowman was “behind a company that, for most of the 2010s, sold flawed tax schemes to mostly middle-class workers”. It said that, when the scheme “unravelled”, “clients were left facing huge tax bills”, and it reported many were “financially ruined and at least two former customers of his firms have since committed suicide”. Barrowman argued the deaths had come about because of HMRC’s conduct in recouping the funds, not because of the scheme itself or his actions. Thanks for subscribing. Close The article also described Barrowman as a “roly-poly Scottish businessman” with “cocktail-sausage fingers” and “recently …

Chappell Roan Reveals Why She Rejected An Offer To Perform At The White House

Chappell Roan Reveals Why She Rejected An Offer To Perform At The White House

Pop star of the moment Chappell Roan has claimed that she recently rejected an invite to perform as part of the White House’s Pride celebrations. The Red Wine Supernova singer was one of the performers at New York City’s Governors Ball festival on Sunday (9 June), during which she emerged dressed as the Statue of Liberty in a spiked crown, covered head-to-toe in green paint. When it came to performing her song My Kink Is Karma, she took the opportunity to issue her reply to the invitation. “As a response to the White House who asked me to perform at Pride: we want liberty, justice and freedom for all,” she shared. “When you do that, that’s when I’ll come.” Elsewhere in her set, the Good Luck, Babe! singer recited a portion of the famous sonnet The New Colossus by poet and activist Emma Lazarus, which is engraved on the pedestal of the iconic New York City statue. Chappell Roan channelling the Statue Of Liberty at the Governors Ball Marleen Moise via Getty Images “I am …

12 Songs You Probably Didn’t Realise Were Rejected James Bond Themes

12 Songs You Probably Didn’t Realise Were Rejected James Bond Themes

What’s a Bond movie without the perfect 007 theme song to go with it? Adele, Sam Smith and Billie Eilish are just some of the stars that have performed unforgettable Bond songs to accompany the iconic movies in recent years. But it came as a shock to fans last week to discover that Lana Del Rey had once written a song that was rejected by the legendary franchise. The Grammy nominee revealed to the BBC that she had written her song 24 – from her album Honeymoon – for a Bond film, which would have been up for consideration around 2015’s Spectre. The film was ultimately soundtracked by Sam Smith’s Writing’s On The Wall, which earned the British star an Oscar win. But Lana’s not alone in writing a Bond theme that ultimately ended up not being chosen. Here are 11 more songs that were rejected by the spy franchise for one reason or another… Johnny Cash – Thunderball (1965) It’s hard to imagine an artist that could bring more of the dark, brooding intensity …

Cash for questions Tory MP has IPSO complaint against The Times rejected

Cash for questions Tory MP has IPSO complaint against The Times rejected

Former MP Scott Benton filmed by The Times offering to ask question on behalf of a gambling company for cash A Conservative MP filmed undercover by The Times offering to lobby on behalf of the gambling industry for cash has had a complaint to press regulator IPSO rejected. The Times invented a lobbying company and secretly filmed Scott Benton MP agreeing to submit parliamentary questions and leak an unpublished white paper in exchange for between £2,000 and £4,000 per month. Benton said the article breached Clause 10 of the Editors’ Code which says journalists cannot use subterfuge unless acting in the public interest. The MP said there was no public interest in the story because it did not expose wrongdoing. The Times told IPSO that “if an elected representative was not acting with selflessness, integrity, accountability and openness, the public had a right to know and that – following various parliamentary lobbying scandals – the publication decided to re-examine this issue”. Thanks for subscribing. Close IPSO said: “The Public Interest portion of the Editors’ Code …

Man Refuses To Walk His Friend Back To Her Dorm Because She Rejected Him

Man Refuses To Walk His Friend Back To Her Dorm Because She Rejected Him

The so-called “nice guy” has been discussed in popular culture for years now. He’s the guy who acts kind and is “not like other men.” However, in the end, he believes he deserves a relationship in return for his friendship.  A 21-year-old college student on Reddit has been accused of displaying “nice guy” behavior. After a girl he was “friends” with rejected his romantic advances, he proved that he was only a good friend when there was something in it for him.  He refused to walk his friend back to her dorm when she felt unsafe because she rejected him. In his Reddit post, he explained that he’s been friends with a woman named Annie for the last three years after they met during their freshman year of college. On a typical Saturday night, he, Annie, and some of their other friends would usually hang out at one of their friend’s apartments. “After we’re done, I walk her to her dorm first before heading back to my dorm,” he wrote. “This has been the default …

‘Ludicrous’ plan to build skyscraper over Georgian Birmingham building rejected | Birmingham

‘Ludicrous’ plan to build skyscraper over Georgian Birmingham building rejected | Birmingham

Councillors in Birmingham have unanimously refused to grant planning permission for a controversial 42-storey skyscraper on top of a Grade-II listed former hospital. The proposal for the city centre site included a large glass tower block, including more than 300 flats and a cafe and roof terrace, erected on top of a Georgian building that has stood there since the early 19th century. At a planning committee meeting on Thursday, the plans for the 133.5 metre-tall building were derided by councillors and permission was denied. “This is utterly bonkers. The idea you can stick a 42-storey tower block over a Georgian mansion is ridiculous,” said the Conservative councillor Gareth Moore. “The idea it was even dreamt up is quite frankly ludicrous.” The Labour councillor Lee Marsham said the developers had “just plonked something on top of it and hoped that it works”, adding: “I think the broad aims of regeneration of that site is one we should be doing, I just don’t think this is it.” Others objected to the fact the housing would have …

How Trump could win at the Supreme Court even if his broad immunity argument is rejected

How Trump could win at the Supreme Court even if his broad immunity argument is rejected

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump might be able to declare victory in his upcoming Supreme Court case on presidential immunity even if the justices reject his most extreme arguments. At issue in the high-stakes showdown Thursday is whether Trump’s criminal charges over his attempt to overturn the 2020 election results should be dismissed based on a broad claim of immunity. Even if the court rejects that bold argument, it could still send the case back to Washington-based U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan for more proceedings on whether some of Trump’s actions are insulated from prosecution. With the case, initially scheduled for trial in March, already plagued by delays, such a ruling would further imperil the chances of any trial being concluded before November’s election. “Trump’s first preference would be a ruling that he is immune, but a second preference would be a ruling that there is some kind of complicated factual test for immunity so it has to be remanded,” said Richard Bernstein, a lawyer who filed a friend-of-the-court brief opposing Trump on …

Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale

Artists Rejected from Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale

The Polish Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia 2023. Via Archdaily.   Artists faced expulsion from the Polish Pavilion, at the Venice Biennale 2024. Ignacy Czwartos, the artist who was first chosen to represent Poland at the Venice Biennale in 2024 but was subsequently removed from the schedule due to opposition from the new government, will now hold an independent display called “Polonia Uncensored” in Venice this month. A Political Influence La Biennale di Venezia. Via Wikipedia   The exhibition will begin on April 20 in a private location in the Viale IV Novembre, which is near the Giardini site, the location of Poland’s national pavilion. The change follows the rejection of his first proposal, which included 35 paintings, following the removal of Law  and Justice (PiS) leaders, who supported the original pavilion, following an election in October.   Up until the fall of last year, by the conservative party ruled the nation, a group of people that support nationalist ideology. The party took power in 2015. The original design for the pavilion caused a lot …