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A story of death, trauma and austerity
| Marienna Pope-Weidemann
Marienna Pope-Weidemann, whose teenage cousin Gaia died after going missing, advocates a rethink of our systems, which currently fail many in mental distress.
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The poor child’s nurse
| Briony Hudson
Charming family scenes in Victorian ads for children’s medicines were at odds with some of the dangerous ingredients they contained.
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Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high
| Stevyn Colgan
The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.
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Booze and bad behaviour
| Stevyn Colgan
Our love of alcohol is like a party that’s lasted nine centuries. But there are signs that the demon drink is losing its appeal.