Tag: drugs
Lawsuit by 44 states accuses pharma giants of ‘multi-year conspiracy’ to...
"Teva and its co-conspirators embarked on one of the most egregious and damaging price-fixing conspiracies in the history of the United States."
More evidence that fentanyl is killing meth and cocaine users
“The lack of awareness regarding the potentially deadly combination of fentanyl with cocaine or methamphetamine poses a significant risk to public health because of the heightened risk of overdose.”
Former police officer sentenced to nearly 11yrs in prison on drug...
The former cop is the eighth of the 20 defendants to have been sentenced.
A drug to treat a rare disease used to cost patients...
"The egregious price set by Catalyst cannot be allowed to stand. Patients in America should not be allowed to suffer or die because of the greed of a drug company."
Walling in the opioid crisis?
Mr. President, if you want to tackle a genuine national emergency and are eager to spend another $5.7 billion or far more on a project that will, in the end, make you look better to everybody, including your base, take on the opioid epidemic.
Drug shortages pose a public health crisis in the US
All too often, a shortage means that doctors cannot give the right drugs to patients when needed.
Airmen guarding US nuclear missile base caught using LSD, cocaine, and...
In total, fourteen airmen were disciplined, while six of them were convicted in courts martial of LSD use or distribution or both.
Various studies continue to confirm cannabis use reduces opioid use and...
"Cannabis can decrease the use of other prescription medicines, including opioids."
Drug wars, missing money, and a phantom $500 million
More effective use of spreadsheets won’t solve the underlying problems of America’s wars or cure an addiction to policies that continue to fail.
ACLU & HRW Call to Decriminalize Drug Use and Possession After...
Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union released the findings Wednesday with a call for states and the federal government to decriminalize low-level drug offenses, which, it says—the report says, account for more arrests than any other crime.