Suicide And The ‘Opioid Crisis’ Related articles By Richard “Red” Lawhern — October 3, 2019 Pain and hopelessness lead to suicide. Writing in her blog at the National Institute On Drug Abuse, Dr. Nora Volkow and co-author Dr. Joshua Gordon of the National Institute of Mental Health offer the insight that “Suicide Deaths Are a Major Component…
Category: March 2018
Thank you to all those who led the way for all of us.
“Capitol Crawl” – Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 September 9, 2013 Written by Zim “What we did for civil rights in the ‘60s, we forgot to do for people with disabilities.” – Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) said of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Yoshiko and Justin Dart (right) lead a rights march.…
‘Things Went Too Far’: Minnesota Doctors Keeping Closer Eye On Opioid Prescriptions By Liz Collin September 30, 2019 at 6:28 pm MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota doctors are keeping a closer eye on drugs they prescribe patients during the opioid crisis. Physicians checked the state’s prescription monitoring program more than 240,000 times last month. That’s an 80%…
What I Told the DEA
(The Drug Enforcement Administration is taking comments on its Proposed Aggregate Production Quotas for Schedule I and II Controlled Substances. One of our contributors, Jeff Edney filed his comments on Saturday September 21st here.) A DEA document states: “As a result of considering the extent of diversion, DEA notes that the quantity of FDA-approved drug products…
America’s War on Pain Pills Is Killing Addicts and Leaving Patients in Agony
The government’s efforts to get between people and the drugs they want have not prevented drug use, but they have made it more dangerous. JACOB SULLUM | FROM THE APRIL 2018 ISSUE Craig, a middle-aged banking consultant who was on his school’s lacrosse team in college and played professionally for half a dozen years after…
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