Category Archives: Drugs

Prescription Drugs Video A video about why you should not abuse prescription drugs and some of the side effects. This video was made for a school project. By: Donovan Boynton … Continue reading →

Suspected Durban Drug Lord Out On Bail For more stories visit http://www.enca.com Kwazulu-Natal, January 8 -- A suspected Durban kingpin has been released on R100,000 bail, after drugs worth more than R5 million were allegedly found in his house. By: enewschannel … Continue reading →

The Good, The Bad and the Very Very Brummagemously Ugly! The Good! *ACLU* The civil liberties organization has settled a suit with the US government that will allow many military servicemembers discharged under the anti-gay Don't Ask Don't Tell law to receive full separation pay. Many members that were discharged under the law only received half of the seperation pay that they were due. Thanks to the lawsuit - ex-military members that were discharged after November 10, 2004 due to Dont Ask Dont Tell will now be entitled all of the money that they were originally denied. Don't Ask Dont Tell was repealed - and officially ended in September of 2010. Homosexual Americans now have the right to proudly serve and defend their nation - without fear of retribution. ---------------- The Bad! *Police Use of Excessive Force* Over the last few years - there have been countless incidents of police using excessive force - from Occupy Wall Street protests to college campuses. But now - the epidemic is spreading to routine traffic stops. A video of a recent traffic stop in Texas is circulating the web - in which two women can be seen being cavity searched. … Continue reading →

China set new price restrictions on some pain, fever and respiratory drugs, as leaders attempt to overhaul the country's health-care system and make medicines, including Western brands, more affordable. Retail-price cuts of up to 20% will be implemented February on 400 drugs used for respiratory diseases, pain relief and specialized medicines, the National Development and Reform Commission, China's main economic planning agency, said on its website on Tuesday. Cuts will include products from Pfizer Inc. (PFE), Novartis AG (NVS, NOVN.VX) and Merck & Co. (MRK), according to the planning agency's information. The price cuts, fourth in a series since 2011, come just days after China's Health Minister Chen Zhu announced in a health-care conference that health care in the country is still too expensive. China's leaders, aiming to address the needs of an aging population and a rise in chronic disease, have been overhauling the country's health-care system, expanding the national insurance system and mandating drug cuts in attempt to make doctor visits and pharmaceuticals more accessible. The previous cut, affecting some cancer and blood related drugs, was implemented in October. Chinese price restrictions in recent years have phased out premium pricing on drugs and squeezed pharmaceutical companies' profits. Many … Continue reading →

09 January 2013 | last updated at 09:21PM District police chief Assistant Commissioner Abdul Aziz Salleh said a .38 revolver, and the drugs confiscated from one of them were 1040 Eramin 5 pills and 180.3g of heroin. In the 12.20am operation, the suspect who has been on police wanted list for two years, was fast asleep at his house in Kampung Tenggala here. "He is believed to be involved in armed robbery and auto theft," Aziz said, adding that a plastic pack containing numbers and alphabets, believed to be used for fake plates, a digital scale, a handphone, an iron knuckle, and six live bullets in a container were found. "Police also recovered a Proton Gen 2 stolen in Air Tawar, Penang last year and a green smoke bomb," he said. The suspect is remanded and the case is investigated under Section 39B and 39A of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 which carries the mandatory death sentence. "He will also be charged for illegal arms," Meanwhile, the other drug peddler aged 25 was detained with 2,200 amphetamine pills worth RM24,000 in his car near Kampung Paya Siput Batu 11 here earlier at 11.30pm. Originally posted here: Drugs, gun seized from … Continue reading →

NEW YORK, Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Biologic Therapeutic Drugs: Technologies and Global Markets http://www.reportlinker.com/p0363452/Biologic-Therapeutic-Drugs-Technologies-and-Global-Markets.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Biopharmaceutical INTRODUCTION STUDY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES For example, the trend of increased use of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitors as a first-line therapy for multiple disease states such as colorectal cancer and the ophthalmic disease wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are discussed.The report includes analysis of leading and emerging competitors in the current worldwide market. Profiles of manufacturers of leading products as well as biotechnology companies with novel products in development are analyzed to define their specific product strategies employed. This report also assesses companies poised to introduce products during the forecast period and discusses how these introductions will change the face of the competitive environment. The competitive environment is examined with a special focus on how new products and technologies are influencing the current standard of care. Detailed profiles of current market leaders are discussed, as well as companies with innovative products poised to advance within the forecast period.Market figures are based on revenues at the manufacturers' level and are projected at 2012 dollar value. Inflation is not computed into the … Continue reading →

Drugs gang planned to flood East Lancashire with heroin 11:00am Wednesday 9th January 2013 in News By Tyrone Marshall, Reporter A DRUGS gang who wanted to flood the streets of Pendle and Burnley with heroin have been jailed for a total of 14 years. Police swooped on Siahosh Khan, 33, as he was buying drugs from his supplier in a public park in Nelson. Today he is starting a six-year jail term after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs at Bradford Crown Court. Khan was arrested along with Hamid Shah, from Bradford, during a drugs bust in the car park at Victoria Park. Officers discovered a quarter of a kilo of the drug with an estimated street value of 15,000 hidden in Shah's car - a grey VW Jetta. Another man, Asif Akhtar was arrested after his fingerprints were found on the packaging. A substantial amount of drugs packaging was also found at his home in Bradford. Police said the drugs would have been re-distributed by Khan in Pendle and Burnley in smaller packages, resulting in almost 1,500 individual deals. Originally posted here: Drugs gang planned to flood East Lancashire with heroin … Continue reading →

Class A drugs are "safer than alcohol" and the risks and dangers involved in taking drugs are no more than "scaremongering", according to students. Experts have raised concerns at the attitudes students are taking towards illegal substances, particularly the party drug MDMA. Many young people are deeming the Class A drug as posing little risk if "taken in moderation", according to a survey published on Tuesday, with one saying: "By and large experiencing the drugs alleviates much of the fear associated with the unknown." Another added: "The only way you can have a true and valid opinion on any drug is to test it yourself. Whilst I have never believed that any of the drugs I have taken are harmful, after taking them I can now say that in my opinion they aren't harmful and are rather enjoyable when taken in good measure." Despite half of students saying they worry about the potential risks of taking illegal drugs, nearly two thirds of students (61%) have taken them, while 53% of these have tried ecstasy, research by student newspaper the Concrete revealed. The survey questioned 334 students at the University of East Anglia about their drinking habits and drug usage. Out … Continue reading →

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Opioids and physician dispensing of repackaged drugs topped the list of cost drivers in the 2012 Survey of Prescription Drug Management released by CompPharma, LLC, a consortium of workers compensation pharmacy benefit managers (WC-PBMs). Joseph Paduda, principal of Health Strategy Associates and president of CompPharma, has been conducting the study for nine consecutive years. Respondents said opioids were the biggest problem in work comp pharmacy management and most had implemented programs to address opioid overuse and abuse. These programs included nurses conducting specialty reviews, pharmacists contacting treating physicians, physician peer-to-peer contact, urine drug testing, education on proper dosage and monitoring, and increased use of WC-PBM drug utilization, fraud and abuse programs. Physician dispensing of marked-up repacked drugs came in as the second highest cost driver. Specific concerns were: Respondents were decision makers and operations staff of 18 workers compensation insurance carriers or third-party administrators. These companies total prescription expenses amounted to $473 million, 12 percent of the total estimated workers compensation drug spend. Conducted during the fall of 2012, the survey used payer prescription data from 2011 and a summary may be downloaded from http://www.comppharma.com/survey.html. About CompPharma Established by industry consultants Joseph Paduda and Helen Knight, CompPharma, … Continue reading →

TSA Threatens A.Jones, (gun control issue:) Governments List of Psychiatric Patients and More 1/2 http://www.youtube.com 01/07/2013 Radio talk show host and ardent Homeland Security critic Alex Jones was detained by the TSA at Austin-Bergstrom airport earlier today and threatened with arrest for refusing to take his shoes off at a security checkpoint. http://www.infowars.com His comments on people taking psychiatric drugs and welfare recipients are completely stupid! By: World2Awakens6 … Continue reading →