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prescription drugs
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Dozens of Legal, Now Banned, Drugs Received More Approvals from the FDA than Pot Could Ever Hope For
Although authoritative researchers have been reporting on the medical benefits of cannabis on a regular basis, the DEA…
August 29, 2017
Opioid Overdose Victims Keep Getting Prescribed Same Pills That Almost Killed Them
People who survive an opioid overdose are often prescribed the same dangerous drugs that had them one foot…
August 23, 2017
10 Reasons Pot Is Better Than Prescription Drugs
When pro golf superstar Tiger Woods was arrested for a DUI, after cops found him passed out at…
August 23, 2017
Utah to Obey Order for DEA Drug Database Search
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will obey a court order to let the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration…
August 22, 2017
What Happens When You Eat Animals Who Eat Drugs
Earlier this summer, Sanderson Farms, the nation’s third-largest poultry producer and the supplier of more than 10.6 million…
August 18, 2017
British Health Authorities Accused U.S. Pharma Giant of Price-Fixing
American drug companies are some of the most profitable corporations in the world. Profit margins of 10 percent, 20 percent,…
May 25, 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
VA Pledges More Inspections, Drug Tests to Stem Opioid Theft
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Veterans Affairs said Monday it would boost employee drug testing and inspections…
February 28, 2017
VA Employees Stealing Prescription Painkillers
Federal drug enforcers are sending in the hounds to sniff out what’s going on over at the Department…
February 21, 2017
New Study: Parents Not Keeping Painkillers Away from Kids
While the United States is currently experiencing one of the most savage drug epidemics in history, a new…
February 20, 2017