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Big Pharma
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We Need More Weed: Booze and Opioids Causing More Veteran Suicides
Rather than allow veterans to participate in medical marijuana programs in states where it is legal, the United…
March 22, 2017
Here’s How Teens Who Abuse Opioids Are Getting Them
Most teenagers wallowing inside a wasteland of opioid abuse are not getting pain medications from black market sources.…
March 21, 2017
Drop the Pain Pills: Research Finds You Can Become Addicted Within Days
Although it is a common misconception that an addiction to powerful painkillers can only manifest after long periods…
March 20, 2017
U.S. Hails UN Plan to Monitor Fentanyl Market
VIENNA (AP) — The chief U.S. State Department counter-narcotics official on Tuesday hailed a pending United Nations move…
March 15, 2017
Trump’s FDA Chief Is a Close Friend of Pot’s Sworn Enemy
When President Donald Trump’s selected Scott Gottlieb—a physician and fellow at a conservative think-tank—to head the Food and…
March 14, 2017
First-of-Its-Kind Lawsuit Takes Big Pharma to Court Over Black Market OxyContin
One local newspaper said that this first-of-its-kind lawsuit reads like Everett, Washington is suing Mexican drug lord El Chapo…
March 14, 2017
Trump’s Choice for FDA Has Ties to Wall Street, Drug Makers
WASHINGTON (AP) — A conservative doctor-turned-pundit with deep ties to Wall Street and the pharmaceutical industry is President…
March 13, 2017
Poll: Most Americans Understand the Dangers of Opioids, Won’t Stop Taking Them
Although much of the American population is now aware of the dangers associated with taking opioid medications, a…
March 8, 2017
Doctor Charged in Deadly Sale of Unneeded Pain Pill Scripts
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey doctor was indicted Thursday on charges that he sold prescriptions for…
March 3, 2017
Opioid Addicts Still Using Painkillers After Rehab
Somewhere close to half of the people who undergo treatment for opioid addiction in the United States continue…
February 27, 2017