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Prescription Pills
31 posts
High Pharmaceutical Prices Mean Sick People Are Trading Drugs on Facebook
There were a few Donald Trump promises even a self-respecting Democratic Socialist of America would have wanted to…
May 15, 2017
Meet Trump’s ‘Marijuana-Is-A-Gateway-Drug-To’ Opiates Commission
The opiate overdose crisis has reached epic proportions in the United States. In 2015, the CDC reported over 33,000…
May 12, 2017
Pot vs. Pills: Will Cannabis Help End the Opioid-Abuse Epidemic?
With the election of Donald Trump and Republican majorities in Congress, the GOP has vowed to move forward…
May 10, 2017
Study: Side Effects Emerge After Approval for Many U.S. Drugs
CHICAGO (AP) — Almost one-third of new drugs approved by U.S. regulators over a decade ended up years…
May 9, 2017
Under Donald Trump, It’s Boom Times for Drug Fraudsters
In 2009, Alfred Caronia, then a sales representative for a pharmaceutical company working in New York City and…
May 5, 2017
Science Says: Why Are Opioids So Addictive?
Pleasure. Craving. Withdrawal. When opioids act on the brain, they trigger the same processes that give people feelings…
May 3, 2017
U.S. Drug Problem Is Not Just Opiates—We Are Over-Prescribed Everything
Saturday was “National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.” For four hours, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., Americans…
May 2, 2017
Chris Christie, Opiate Czar: Treat Addiction “Like AIDS” (But Don’t Legalize Marijuana)
For helping elect President Donald Trump, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s reward is solving the nation’s opiate crisis.…
May 1, 2017
Got Drugs? This Saturday Is National Drug Take Back Day
It’s time for spring cleaning… of your medicine cabinet that is. Tomorrow, Saturday, April 29 is Drug Take Back…
April 28, 2017
When Heroin Is Safer…
Until 2007, the most common way to die accidentally in Ohio was in a car crash. That was…
April 19, 2017