Tag: drugs

• Anthropic quietly sets up biology lab as it ramps AI drug program

  September 18, 2026

  https://www.reuters.com/world/anthropic-quietly-sets-up-biology-lab-it-ramps-ai-drug-program-2026-09-18/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement more ›

• Early Data Indicates an A.I.-Generated Drug Could Slow Aging

  September 8, 2026

  Artificial intelligence was used to help develop a drug candidate, rentosertib, for a rare lung condition. Its maker says the drug also seems to reduce the biological hallmarks of age.… more ›

• Alcohol prohibition and drug prohibition. Lessons from alcohol policy for drug policy.

  August 6, 2026

  https://www.cedro-uva.org/lib/levine.alcohol.html more ›

• The Truth About Gangs In London

  July 24, 2026

  I talk to top crime reporter David Matthews about the reality of crime, drugs and the “mandem” in the UK https://open.substack.com/pub/ioangrillo/p/the-truth-about-gangs-in-london?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=oj2p5 more ›

• Dutch Cocaine Kingpin Sheltering in Sierra Leone Allegedly Organized Shipment Seized in Record Bust

  June 5, 2026

  Fueling frustration for Sierra Leone parliamentarians, fugitive Dutch trafficker Joseph Leijdekkers allegedly masterminded a 30-ton cocaine shipment from his West African hideout, Spanish authorities told OCCRP. Leijdekkers has not been… more ›

• Painkiller Pipeline: 300 Million Tapentadol Pills Sent from India to West Africa – bellingcat

  May 17, 2026

  Indian companies have sent more than 320 million synthetic opioid pills to West Africa – where they have not been approved by regulators – in three years. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/04/17/painkiller-pipeline-300-million-tapentadol-pills-sent-from-india-to-west-africa/ more ›

• The EI Podcast: The civilising wonders of wine

  April 27, 2026

  Listen: https://ift.tt/Sy3gVrF Amid the rise of individualistic technologies and weight-loss drugs, there has been a steady decline in alcohol consumption in Western societies. Yet, Henry Jeffreys argues that this is… more ›

• Inside the CIA’s secret fight against Mexico’s drug cartels

  September 10, 2025

  Working with special Mexican army and navy units, the CIA for years has been running covert operations to hunt down Mexico’s most-wanted narcos, a Reuters investigation finds. Among the captures:… more ›

• The Spectacular Comeback Tour of Ross Ulbricht, the Founder of Silk Road

  September 8, 2025

  Ross Ulbricht, who created the Silk Road dark web marketplace and was serving a life sentence for drug distribution, has embarked on a strange and unexpected comeback after President Trump… more ›

• Using generative AI, researchers design compounds that can kill drug-resistant bacteria

  August 16, 2025

  With help from artificial intelligence, MIT researchers designed novel antibiotics that can combat a drug-resistant form of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and multi-drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). https://news.mit.edu/2025/using-generative-ai-researchers-design-compounds-kill-drug-resistant-bacteria-0814 more ›