The opioid problem in the US is pretty huge. Last year saw the biggest rise in drug overdose deaths ever. It's a problem that won't go away, and addicts are using ever-more-desperate methods to get ...

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Would you do it for money? Twenty-six-year-old Jake Eberts agreed to drink a life-threatening concoction of a cloudy, salty liquid containing Shigella bacteria, which are usually found in the “poop” ...

If all goes well, you won’t have died of dysentery — unlike in the dysentery-loving Oregon Trail video game — because a brave volunteer took one for the team and tested out a vaccine for the bacteria ...