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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Martin Farrer

Morning Mail: concern over online peptides market, the tobacco trap, Trump ‘sleepwalking to war’

Some websites allow customers to choose to buy experimental peptides without a doctor consult.
Some websites allow customers to choose to buy experimental peptides without a doctor consult. Illustration: smartboy10/Getty Images

Morning everyone. The huge expansion in the use of peptides such as Ozempic has spawned an online market where customers can buy experimental, injectable versions of the drugs that have not been approved for use by regulators, provided they get a prescription.

We have a report on how slashing tax on cigarettes might not be enough to entice smokers back into the legal market, the scourge of luxury developments in Sydney, US Democrats expressing alarm at Donald Trump’s brinkmanship in Venezuela, and the Christmas miracle of lead roles for “cranky lesbians” in two hit TV dramas.

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