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A major funding boost is needed to help “invisible” residents affected by substance abuse, a charity leader said yesterday. Leslie Grant, the executive director of Focus Counselling Services, added that it was important to remove the stigma that pre...

Cuts could be made to the price of prescription drugs if the Government worked with other countries to negotiate better rates, the health watchdog’s chief executive said yesterday. Ricky Brathwaite, head of the Bermuda Health Council, explained that ...

A woman who suffers severe seizures yesterday appealed for the Government to move fast on the legalisation of medical cannabis. Natasha York, 43, said she dreaded the thought of what her two daughters went through when she was hit by an attack. She a...

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. This quote from Albert Einstein speaks to the matter of how most countries have spent many decades attempting to address the matter of substance abuse. November 11 ...

A group of doctors and pharmacists have joined forces to promote the use of medical cannabis. Now the Bermuda Medicinal Cannabis Association is to meet with the Government next month to offer its expertise as Bermuda prepares legislation to allow use...

A 44-year-old woman has been charged with the theft of more than $2,700 worth of prescription drugs. Fiona Iris was accused of using invalid prescriptions 41 times to obtain codeine and atasol painkillers. Prosecutors alleged in Magistrates’ Court ye...

When Vasco da Gama took the bold decision to introduce mandatory drug-testing for those who wish to play football for them in the coming season, clubs, sporting associations and politicians went ducking for cover. Not a peep could be heard from them ...

A drug manufacturer has come under fire in Britain for allegedly diverting $1.35 billion through Bermuda to avoid taxes. A report in London’s Evening Standard said pharmaceutical firm Napp has funnelled cash through its Bermudian-based Mundipharma of...

Use of both legal and illegal substances has marginally decreased among Bermuda’s residents over the past four years, according to the results of a survey revealed in the Senate today. Minister for National Security, Senator Jeff Baron, shared some ...

Functioning addicts, many with careers and children, make up a large portion of the island’s heroin-using population, according to health experts and police. “It’s not the guy shooting up in the alley that you saw 20 or 30 years ago,” Edward Schultz,...

The island’s supplies of OxyNorm, a powerful painkiller used by patients with conditions ranging from cancer to severe migraines, have run short. As an opioid, the pharmaceutical is a controlled drug and therefore requires special clearance to be imp...