James CookScotland editor Getty ImagesThe number of drug deaths fell last yearScotland remains the drugs death capital of Europe for the seventh year in a row despite a 13% ...

BBCDr McClean says illegal drugs always carry a riskThe Public Health Agency (PHA) "would be open to considering" drug testing at concerts and festivals, a director at the organisation ...

Some patients taking the weight-loss drug Mounjaro have told BBC News they are struggling to obtain the medicine, and are worried about the impact on their health.There is rising ...

Three British nationals have avoided the death penalty for smuggling cocaine disguised as packets of Angel Delight into Indonesia.Lisa Stocker, 39, and her husband Jon Collyer, 38, were arrested ...

A 21-year-old woman is being held by police in Germany after allegedly travelling with cannabis from Thailand.Authorities in Germany say Cameron Bradford, from Knebworth in Hertfordshire, was stopped and ...

Philippa RoxbyHeath ReporterLaura MarstonLaura now feels good six years after her diagnosis of advanced tongue cancerHundreds of thousands of people with advanced head and neck cancer could live longer ...

Police ScotlandAmy Rose Wilson was killed in the crash in July 2023A drug dealer and two accomplices who killed a woman and endangered the life of her boyfriend in ...

Two men have appeared before Dublin District Court charged in connection with a €1.6m (£1.4m) drugs seizure on Friday.Christian Munoz Sanchez, a 34-year-old Spanish national from Barcelona, and Oliver ...

Dominic HughesGlobal health correspondentGetty ImagesEscherichia coli bacteria - also known as E. coli, the bug that causes food poisoning - is one of the bacteria that is showing greater ...

Noel TitheradgeBBC News Investigations correspondentCurtis LancasterBBC South InvestigationsBBCClaire says she began to feel unprecedented sexual urges after taking the drugsPatients prescribed drugs for movement disorders - including restless leg ...

Diana GibbMick needs creon since being treated for pancreatic cancer in 2023Cancer patients and others with debilitating conditions have highlighted shortages of a vital drug they say have had ...

Chloe AslettBBC News, YorkshireAnna CieslikBeatrice, 5, was diagnosed with Batten disease at the age of 3The mum of a five-year-old girl with a terminal genetic disorder has said her ...