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Alcohol and Pills are Gateway Drugs, but Marijuana is Not

Alcohol and Pills are Gateway Drugs, but Marijuana is Not

Two new studies have shifted the title of “gateway drug” from marijuana to either alcohol or prescription medicine. The gateway drug theory, as old as the “reefer madness” propaganda of…

Generic-Antidepressant Must Pay Settlement for Being Less Effective

Generic-Antidepressant Must Pay Settlement for Being Less Effective

Generics of Wellbutrin have been judged inferior to the name-brand and thus will pay a national settlement. The popular antidepressants alternatives use the same active drug, Bupropion hydrochloride, but uses…

“Zombie Attack” Leads to Bath Salt Hysteria

“Zombie Attack” Leads to Bath Salt Hysteria

When memes like “bath salts” and “zombie apocalypse” get mixed up — and how couldn’t they with such over the top comic-book effects as the case of Rudy Eugene stripping…

Study Shows Correlation between Medical Marijuana Laws and Lower Traffic Deaths

Study Shows Correlation between Medical Marijuana Laws and Lower Traffic Deaths

  According to a study released late in 2011, laws for medical-marijuana reduce traffic deaths. The study is titled ‘Medical Marijuana Laws, Traffic Fatalities, and Alcohol Consumption.” It was written…

Teens Getting Drunk on Hand Sanitizer

Teens Getting Drunk on Hand Sanitizer

  It has been reported by the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles that teens have found a new and very dangerous method of getting drunk and it is by drinking…

Jury Finds Johnson & Johnson Misled Consumers on Risperdal

Jury Finds Johnson & Johnson Misled Consumers on Risperdal

A state court jury in Little Rock, Arkansas, deliberated this week for about three hours and reached the conclusion that Johnson and Johnson and its Janssen unit was guilty of…

Lawmakers from Five States Call Feds to Stop Interfering in Medical Marijuana

Lawmakers from Five States Call Feds to Stop Interfering in Medical Marijuana

In an open letter to the federal government lawmakers from five states including both Democrats and Republicans asked the Fed not to interfere in state laws upon the use of…

Blood Dripping Down Her Leg: Whitney’s Last Days

Blood Dripping Down Her Leg: Whitney’s Last Days

In spite of primary news to the contrary asserting all was well with Whitney before her death, except maybe a wrong combination of Xanax and alcohol, more reports on the…

The Future is Here! Virtual Currency to Home-delivery of Drugs on the Silk Road

The Future is Here! Virtual Currency to Home-delivery of Drugs on the Silk Road

It might seem futuristic, if not outright sick, but the truth is out: Drugs are being sold openly through an underground internet portal called the “Silk Road” and home-delivery is…

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