Category Archives: Drugs

Katt Williams Talks Arrests, Alcohol, Drugs Suge Knight! You may think Katt Williams has some issues he needs to straighten out, but the Friday After Next star told HipHollywood, "it is not my job to alter my life'... By: HipHollywood … Continue reading →

Independent Lens | The House I Live In | Work Defines Us | Video Extra | PBS http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/house-i-live-in/ Premiering April 8, 2013. Check local listings: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/broadcast.html In this... By: PBS … Continue reading →

#39;Drugs kingpin' arrested He's accused of being one of Africa's drugs kingpins. Now the former head of the Guinea Bissau navy is on his way to the United States - after he was arreste... By: Channel4News … Continue reading →

C-QUEST: Cuts Put Chemo Drugs Out of Reach for Medicare Patients KOLR, 4/6/2013 See more effects of sequestration at http://c-quest.org. By: BridgeProject21 … Continue reading →

Justin Bieber caught for doing more drugs! Well, Justin bieber is doing drugs on camera.. enjoy. By: ColeMaxfield … Continue reading →

Kingdom Hearts 2 | Ep.46 | Aladin does drugs and thinks monkeys can talk! Become a Homie 😀 and show your love by leaving a like! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=xxslyfoxhoundxx Official SlyFoxHound Stuck In Y... By: xXSlyFoxHoundXx … Continue reading →

THE VOICE hopeful Nadeem Leigh says his life spiralled out of control as he battled serious drugs and booze addiction from his mid teens. The reformed addict admits he was lucky to survive getting drunk and high on drugs including cannabis and cocaine EVERY DAY after he began to experiment at the age of 15. His personal life hit a new low when he was 19 after his mum Deborah died suddenly when she suffered a stroke. Nadeem, who wowed the shows judges on Saturday despite previously auditioning unsuccessfully for X Factor, said: I turned to drugs and alcohol early on in my life, I was 15. There wasnt a day that I look back and I was sober. My mum dying when I was 19 was a major factor in my addiction. It was a massive shock she was only 37 years old. I felt very lost. My relationship with my mum was a very strong one, she raised me on my own. When she died I felt completely abandoned. My dad left when I was two. I saw him on and off until I was 14 but he has never been a part of my life. The singer, … Continue reading →

TORONTO - A new report suggests spending on drugs in Canada continues to grow, but at the slowest rate in 16 years. The report says the slowed growth in prescription drug spending is due to the fact that patents expired for several blockbuster drugs, which meant people could buy cheaper generic versions of the medications. The report says Canadians spent $33 billion on drugs in 2012, or an average of $947 per person. The report, from the Canadian Institute for Health Information, says drugs continue to make up the second-largest share of health spending, after hospitals and ahead of the cost of doctors's salaries. Drugs made up 16 per cent of health spending in 2012. And prescription drugs made up 84 per cent of total drug spending in 2012. Another factor in the slowing of the growth of drug spending was a change in generic drug pricing policies. The report notes that many public drug programs reduced the amount they would pay for generic drugs. That has led to prices for many of those drugs being capped at between 25 per cent and 40 per cent of the cost of their brand name competitors. Here is the original post: Spending … Continue reading →

Seniors in the Southeast were much more likely to be prescribed more than one high-risk medications in 2009. Seniors in the Southeast were much more likely to be prescribed more than one high-risk medications in 2009. Health care types have spent years trying to make the point that seniors are being prescribed medications are unnecessary and dangerous. But the message hasn't really sunk in. More than 20 percent of people with Medicare Advantage coverage are taking at least one high-risk medication, a new study finds. People in the Southeast are especially vulnerable, the data show. In many parts of the South, more than one-third of seniors are taking drugs that they should avoid or sub out for something safer. Ten percent are taking two or more. "Geography really stands out," says Amal Trivedi, an associate professor of health services policy and practice at Brown University's Alpert Medical School. He's a co-author of the study, which was published in the April Journal of General Internal Medicine. More than 38 percent of Medicare Advantage enrollees in Albany, Ga., got at least one risky drug, compared 10 percent in Mason City, Iowa, the area with the lowest rate. The people prescribed risky drugs … Continue reading →

The world's first 'test tube baby' Britain's Louise Brown (R) listens as Professor Robert Edwards addresses the media during 25th anniversary celebrations of the revolutionary fertility treatment 'In Vitro Fertilization' ( IVF) at Bourne Hall in Cambridgeshire in this July 26, 2003 file photo. (STRINGER) Despite lingering concerns that using fertility drugs might raise a woman's chances for later developing ovarian cancer, new research suggests the drugs don't contribute any added risk. "One important message is women who need to use fertility drugs to get pregnant should not worry about using these fertility drugs," said Dr. Albert Asante, lead author of the study and a clinical fellow in the division of reproductive endocrinology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Research on fertility drugs and cancer risk has yielded conflicting results. Some studies, especially in the 1990s, showed an increased likelihood of the cancer among women who took fertility drugs. And a Dutch report from 2011 found an increase in borderline tumors -- those with abnormal cells that might not turn into cancer. However, Dr. Bert Scoccia, a professor at the University of Illinois School of Medicine in Chicago who studies fertility medication and cancer, said numerous other studies have … Continue reading →