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Weed Made Me Less Angry. Now It Sometimes Makes Me Mad.
I was once angry. But weed helped. Then, weed kinda made me angry again.
April 26, 2024
DEA Cracks Down on Internet Pill Press Sales
For years now it has been incredibly easy to purchase tools online to use in the production of fake pills, designed to look like their pharmaceutical counterparts but typically containing fentanyl. The DEA is now attempting to curb the sale of such tools.
March 1, 2024
Bernie Sanders Slams Big Pharma for ‘Ripping Off’ Americans with Highest Drug Prices
Bernie Sanders wants answers from Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and Bristol Myers Squibb.
February 9, 2024
Drug Maker Recalls ADHD Medicine Over Label Mixup
A drug manufacturer has issued a voluntary recall for Zenzedi, a medication used to treat narcolepsy and ADHD.
January 31, 2024
Trump’s White House Pharmacy Had a Bit of a Pill Problem
A federal investigation released earlier this month has found sufficient evidence that White House medical services during the Trump years were extremely casual and did not operate within federal guidelines for medical care, with particular emphasis on how they distributed medications considered to be scheduled narcotics.
January 26, 2024
Online Pharmacies Routinely Sell Dangerous Drugs Without Prescriptions
Online pharmacies and telehealth companies have skyrocketed in popularity since COVID, you may have even been advertised their services on your Instagram feed. However, a recent BBC investigation showed many of these companies appear to just be selling prescription drugs.
January 8, 2024
Infant Survived Potential Kidnapping, Car Crash While Dad Bought Xanax
The baby was located safe and sound, but everyone else involved in this strange and terrible ordeal went directly to jail. They did not pass go, they did not collect $200.
September 19, 2023
Ketamine Shows Promise in Treating Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
Ketamine does something super cool and important, yet again.
August 25, 2023
Netflix’s ‘Painkiller’ Is ‘Succession’ for The Sacklers
The limited series chronicles the struggles of America’s most hated family, and the millions of lives they ruined in pursuit of profit.
August 11, 2023
Senators Back Bill to Tackle Big Pharma’s Rocketing Prescription Drug Prices
The MEPA Act would scale back incentives to jack up prescription drug prices at pharmacies.
July 28, 2023