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RE: RE:Things I Hate #1 - Drugs Changing fucking pissed off !!! for you info its not klreeves dont worry dude not about you !From:TheJoshuam7583Views:1 1ratingsTime:01:24More inPeople Blogs The rest is here: RE: RE:Things I Hate #1 - Drugs … Continue reading →

Tru Crew- Drugs Assembly TruCrew reminding kids Drugs are not a part of being a Tru friend at The Nelson elementary School Assembly. What a blessing to use dance, and art to give a positive message to kids in their community!From:1288357Views:1 0ratingsTime:02:27More inEntertainment Original post: Tru Crew- Drugs Assembly - Video … Continue reading →

Customs is confident a massive haul of drugs uncovered in a shipment of New Zealand powdered milk sent to Algeria was not on board when it left the country. Algerian authorities intercepted 165kg of drugs - believed to be cocaine or heroin - hidden in a container that was imported by ONIL, a nationally owned company that dominates the Algerian dairy market. Agence France-Presse reports the massive haul is one of the largest ever intercepted in the North African country, according to a security official. In a statement to NZ Newswire, Customs said it was unable to verify the reports but was working with Fonterra to establish the facts. Customs' group manager of trade and marine, Paul Campbell, said there was no evidence the drugs were in the container when it left New Zealand. It had passed through two other ports on its way to Algeria, he said. "Fonterra is a trusted trader and is part of Customs' Secure Export Scheme. Containers are sealed when they are packed, and the seal assures that the container has not been breached until it is loaded onto a ship," he said. The cargo was later unloaded and reloaded in Panama and Valencia, Spain. … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While considering whether a police dog should be allowed to sniff outside a home for illegal drugs inside, some U.S. Supreme Court justices smelled a rat. At their Wednesday session, justices from across the ideological spectrum signaled that the privacy interest of a person in his home was too great to give police a broad license to let trained canines sniff around a home for evidence they could not see. But in a second case involving a sniffer dog, some of the justices indicated they were hesitant to set too high a bar on police to show that their dogs are reliable. The nine-member court has often allowed dog searches, including of luggage at airports and cars at checkpoints. On Wednesday it addressed Florida's appeals of two decisions by the state's highest court that found the detection of drugs by trained police dogs violated the ban on unreasonable searches and seizures under the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment. The first case focused on the location of the search, on the doorstep of a home, while the second was focused on whether the dog in question was sufficiently reliable. REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS OF PRIVACY In the first case, police let … Continue reading →

Tsukuba, Japan, Nov 1, 2012 - (ACN Newswire) - Better control over the delivery of drugs to specific sites in the body at specific times would reduce unwanted side effects and improve medical treatment dramatically. 'Smart' polymers are promising materials for controlling drug delivery, since they change their properties in response to specific stimuli. However, they usually require continuous stimulation to maintain these changes. Now, researchers led by Takao Aoyagi at the MANA, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, have developed an approach that could allow more subtle control and timing of drug delivery. The new technique uses hydrogels, which are a type of 'smart' polymer made of water-soluble long-chain molecules. The team first showed that they could control the acidity inside a hydrogel by loading it with a compound called o-NBA. This releases protons, which increases acidity, when irradiated with UV light. When o-NBA-loaded hydrogel was irradiated, acidity increased inside; if only part of the gel was irradiated, acidity throughout increased gradually as protons diffused. Aoyagi and his colleagues then loaded hydrogel with o-NBA and L-DOPA, a precursor of the brain chemical dopamine that is used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. The change of acidity in the gel … Continue reading →

VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (AP) Prescription drug distributor AmerisourceBergen Corp. said Thursday its net income increased 11 percent in its fiscal fourth quarter on greater sales of lower-cost, higher-profit generic drugs, as well as a boost from recent acquisitions. The company also raised its quarterly dividend 62 percent to 21 cents, and plans to buy back $750 million more in company stock on top of $97 million left in a previous stock buyback program. AmerisourceBergen's July-September revenue dropped 4 percent, but its profit rose because generic drug sales are more profitable than sales of brand-name drugs. Revenue from the company's generic division fell and specialty drug revenue increased. Specialty drugs are medications that require special handling, such as IVs or infusions. The company said its net income rose to $163.5 million, or 66 cents per share, from $147.3 million, or 54 cents per share. Revenue fell 4 percent, to $19.45 billion from $20.35 billion, helped by $335 million from acquisitions during the year. Analysts were more optimistic. They expected profit of 68 cents per share and $20.24 billion in revenue, according to FactSet. In fiscal 2012, AmerisourceBergen said its net income rose 2 percent, to $719 million, or $2.80 per share, … Continue reading →

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/nxjlrh/chinese_markets) has announced the addition of the "Chinese Markets for Cancer Treatment Drugs" report to their offering. China's demand for cancer treatment drugs has grown at a fast pace in the past decade. In the next five years, both production and demand will continue to grow. This new study examines China's economic trends, investment environment, industry development, supply and demand, industry capacity, industry structure, marketing channels and major industry participants. Historical data (2001, 2006 and 2011) and long-term forecasts through 2016 and 2021 are presented. Major producers in China are profiled. Key Topics Covered: I. INTRODUCTION II. BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT III. CANCER TREATMENT DRUGS INDUSTRY ASSESSMENTS IV. CANCER TREATMENT DRUGS PRODUCTION AND DEMAND V. CANCER TREATMENT DRUGS MARKET OUTLOOKS VI. MARKETING STRATEGIES Originally posted here: Research and Markets: Chinese Markets for Cancer Treatment Drugs - Profiles Forecasts up to 2016 and 2021 Major ... … Continue reading →

By Chelsea Conaboy, Liz Kowalczyk and Todd Wallack, Globe Staff Ameridose LLC, sister company to the Framingham pharmacy whose drugs have been implicated in hundreds of fungal infections and 28 deaths, agreed to recall all its products Wednesday after federal investigators identified shortcomings in testing procedures, raising concerns that a shortage of sterile injectable drugs will become more severe. During the course of its on-going inspection of our facility, the Westborough company said in a press release, the US Food and Drug Administration has notified Ameridose that it will be seeking improvements in Ameridoses sterility testing process. The company, which supplies thousands of hospitals and other health providers nationally, said it issued the recall voluntarily and had not received any reports of illness. Neither Ameridose nor the FDA has identified impurities in any Ameridose products, the statement said. Nevertheless, out of an abundance of caution, we are undertaking this recall to assure customers that when Ameridose products are shipped, they are fully in conformance with all of the FDAs recommendations. Dr. Janet Woodcock, director of the agencys Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said that during inspections of Ameridoses production facility, investigators did not find an adequate assurance of sterility … Continue reading →

Editors Note: This is the final article in a three-part series on drug addiction in Dedham. Other articles in this series have tackled the police response and personal stories. It has been almost 25 years, but not a day goes by when Carmen DelloIacono fails to remember how he lost his best friend. A heroin overdose. A lifelong Dedham resident and now chairman of the Dedham selectmen, DelloIacono is hoping to set the community on a path to finally deal with the drug issue. Hes not the only one. Dedham Police and local family members of drug users have been steady combatants in fighting the drug problem locally, but now the town government and some town organizations are joining the effort. The fact that drugs are in Dedham is a blow to DelloIacono, he said. He had no suspicion that his friend, who was 23 and who lived in Dedham when he died, had been using drugs. Back then, it was movie stars being drugged; you never heard of somebody local with heroin, DelloIacono said. DelloIacono said he stopped drinking after his friend died and he has always given people rides home on New Years so they dont have to … Continue reading →

Existing drugs that could help Alzheimers include certain blood pressure drugs called calcium channel blockers, a diabetes drug called liraglutide, an antibiotic used for acne called minocycline, and acitretin for the skin condition psoriasis. Clive Ballard, professor of age related diseases at Kings College London and director of research at the Alzheimers Society, said laboratory studies indicated liraglutide protected nerve cells from damage of build up of amyloid proteins, which are thought to cause the brain disease. Studies also showed that people who took nilvadipine, a blood pressure drug, were less likely to develop Alzheimers. Prof Ballard and others have drawn up the shortlist in an article in the journal Nature. He said: One of the advantages of this approach is you dont have to start from scratch. Normally it takes 20 years and about $1 billion to get a drug that works, because so many compounds are dropped in trials due to toxicity and other problems. Trials testing three of the drug on people with Alzheimers are due to start in Britain next year. Prof Ballard warned that Alzheimer's sufferers should not try to obtain the drugs to self-medicate, because they had not yet been tested for the purpose. … Continue reading →