Mayne Pharma shares rise over US deal

Mayne Pharma shares have soared 19 per cent to a near five-month high, after the Adelaide-based pharmaceutical company inked an exclusive long-term deal to sell a new contraceptive drug in the United States.

Drug policing has failed, time for pill testing: ex top cop

Australia must accept that its drug policies have failed and pill testing must be introduced to save young lives, the nation’s former top cop says.

Modafinil was developed as an alternative stimulant to amphetamines. Photo: supplied

'It made me feel superhuman': Cognitive-enhancing drug use on rise in SA

SPECIAL REPORT: South Australians are increasingly taking and finding easy access to a cognitive-enhancing drug that makes them feel “limitless”, despite it being illegal to obtain or import without a prescription.