‘never drink bootleg booze on holiday’

This year around 250,000 young adults will depart for far-flung shores. But while it can be an incredibly enriching experience, it can end in tragedy, with a rise in reported deaths from spiked drinks and recent reports of women being imprisoned for drug smuggling. Closer investigates how to keep safe…

Kenneth Law was a seemingly ordinary man, living in Canada and working as a chef. He was a university graduate and, according to his CV, he’d previously worked in aerospace. But Law is accused of harb

For four months Canadian doctor Chris Loreto had been suffering chest pains that became intense whenever he exercised, which he put down to acid reflux. The medication he had been prescribed for it di

The days are warmer, the evenings are brighter, and many of us will be planning on relaxing with friends, family – and a few cheeky drinks. But even if you think you’re in control of your alcohol cons

What the scientists are saying… Nightmares linked ...

Festival season is in full swing and if the youth of today had a drug of choice, ketamine would be it. So popular is the drug among those under 30 that Gen Z have been dubbed Gen K. But as numbers of those using the dissociative anaesthetic recreationally soar, so too do numbers of those who can’t stop. As specialist crisis clinics open across the country, Catriona Innes meets those at the centre of this story