Drug Abuse and Vets Record Suicide Rates

In 2008 a court case out of California revealed a Dept. of Veterans Affairs email which stated that 1000 vets in VA treatment programs after duty attempt suicide every month.    Also revealed was the figure of 18 successful veteran suicides PER DAY.
For the past three years the suicide rate of veterans returning back home after [...]

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Medical Marijuana in Arizona

In the USA there are 13 states which allow the prescribing and distributing of medical marijuana.  One of those states is Arizona. 
Once you get your prescription for the substance,  you then have to find a licensed dealer in the state.
I was curious as to who licenses the dealers.  Turns out it is the State Dept [...]

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Nursing Homes linked to Pharma Scandal AGAIN????

The makers of  ZYPREXA (Eli Lily)  have been found guilty of paying kickbacks to seniors nursing  homes across the US to reward the over medication of seniors in nursing homes. 
This reminds me of the story I saw not too long ago about the resurrection of “THALIDOMIDE” (relabelled of course to avoid bad publicity)   for patients dieing [...]

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Better Way to Gauge Drug Use in Arizona?

Researchers as reported in the “Journal”  publication on addiction, are excited to be getting some interest from government officials on a new and more accurate way to gauge drug use in any area,  whether in Arizona,  or Calcutta, urban or non urban. 
Testing the wastewater in and around populated areas has been touted as an extremely accurate [...]

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Prescription Drug Use in Schools

 
I hate to begin with a cliche, but I’m going to do it anyways.  When I was in elementary school,  there were no such things as ritalin, or prozak or any sort of idea present that drugs were a way to help kids in school.   If you weren’t making the grade,  you weren’t working hard [...]

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