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Drug Firms Have Used Dangerous Tactics to Drive Sales to Treat Kids

Drug firms have used dangerous tactics to drive sales to treat kids
Pharmaceutical companies wooed academic leaders, ghostwrote articles, suppressed damaging health data and lavished doctors with gifts to make prescribing powerful psychotropic drugs to children a blockbuster profit center, a trail of lawsuits over the …
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Guam – Guam Lawmakers Went to the Voting File Tuesday Passing 14 Bills, 2

Guam – Guam Lawmakers went to the voting file Tuesday passing 14 bills, 2
… OF PUBLIC LAW 32-068, RELATIVE TO APPROPRIATING TWO HUNDRED NINETY?TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS ($ 292,800) TO FUND PROGRAMS FOR DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT SERVICES, AND FOR EMERGENCY YOUTH … the antiquated and restrictive… Continue reading

Christine McVie to Join Fleetwood Mac on North American Tour

Christine McVie to join Fleetwood Mac on North American tour
The tour also includes a performance at the BB&T Center on December 19 in Sunrise. Tickets go on sale April 7. The band … Fleetwood Mac canceled 14 shows in Australia and New Zealand during John McVie's treatment. The band… Continue reading

'I Considered Suicide,' Alleged Sex Abuse Victim of Bryan Singer Tells the

'I Considered Suicide,' Alleged Sex Abuse Victim of Bryan Singer Tells The
Egan alleged in the lawsuit filed in a Hawaii federal court that he was raped by Singer, forced to have oral sex against his will, and that the director also made him take cocaine, and provided him… Continue reading

How to I Get a Court Order to Have My Son Attend a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center?

Question by jamie: how to i get a court order to have my son attend a drug and alcohol treatment center?
My son who is 17 has a drinking problem. I found two big bottles of vodka in his room and vodka concealed in water bottles in his… Continue reading

Ice Cube Blasts MTV for Paul Walker Win

Ice Cube blasts MTV for Paul Walker win
Officials told gossip website TMZ.com that the medical examiner, who conducted the autopsy, classified his death as "natural," meaning no drugs or alcohol were directly involved. The 'RAW' star was rushed to hospital after suffering the heart attack …
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What Success Have You Had With in Patient Drug and Alcohol Treatment?

Question by antonia_deamicis: What success have you had with In Patient Drug and Alcohol Treatment?
I have a 19 year old son that has been taking most everything he can get his hands on for 7-8 months now. He says he has no addiction, just likes to “experiment”… Continue reading

An Addict With Friends

An addict with friends
If drugs were a part of his evolution, they were not the center. … But he said they talked and exchanged text messages about their addictions, with Hoffman urging Aaron to try Suboxone, a controversial prescription painkiller used to treat heroin …
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New Eligibility Criteria for Blood Donors

New Eligibility Criteria for Blood Donors
(Hawaii News Now) – Effective today, Blood Bank of Hawaii (BBH) is opening the doors for more donors due to new eligibility criteria. With advancements in medical research and technology, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined these …
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Heroin Addicts Face Barriers to Treatment

Heroin addicts face barriers to treatment
NEW YORK >> As the ranks of heroin users rise, increasing numbers of addicts are looking for help but are failing to find it — because there are no beds in packed facilities, treatment is hugely expensive and insurance companies won't pay for …… Continue reading