Category: Drugs

PostCOVID America: Racked by Inflation, Americans Pay Too Much for Drugs

Commentary  As inflation rates soar toward 8 percent in the United States, many are feeling the squeeze and will be looking to save money, but one place where price inflation is nothing new in America is drugs. Pharmaceuticals made in the United States climbed in price by six times as much as everything else in a…


Pfizer Boosts Respiratory Drug Portfolio With ReViral Purchase

Pfizer Inc. said on Thursday it would buy privately-held ReViral Ltd. in a deal worth as much as $525 million including milestone payments, to gain access to experimental drugs against the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The deal marks the U.S. drugmaker’s second acquisition in less than six months to boost its drug portfolio, after a…


In Depth: Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Soft Spot for Drug Dealers, Pedophiles and Terrorists

“Justice demands this result.” That’s what Ketanji Brown Jackson said in 2011 after the U.S. Sentencing Commission knocked as much as three years off the prison terms of crack-cocaine convicts. As vice chair of the commission, Jackson believed the nation’s drug laws were overly harsh and especially “unfair” to blacks. A month earlier, Jackson had…


Animal Tranquillizer Detected in Growing Number of Human Overdose Deaths in Ontario

A powerful drug used to sedate horses and cattle is creeping into Canada’s illicit drug supply and has been detected in a growing number of human drug poisoning deaths in Ontario. The animal tranquillizer xylazine is already causing concern in the United States and results from a drug−testing site in Canada show it’s becoming more…


Australians Spending $10.3 Billion a Year on Illicit Drugs: Report

Australians have consumed an estimated 15.7 tonnes of methylamphetamine, cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy), and heroin in 2020–21, with a street value of around $10.3 billion (US$7.4 billion), the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) revealed. ACIC Chief Executive Officer Michael Phelan said this figure was up by $1.4 billion (just over $1 billion) from the previous year, primarily…


9 Killed in Shooting at Drug House in Central Mexico

MEXICO CITY—Six men and three women died Wednesday in a shooting attack on a house where drugs were sold in central Mexico. Authorities in Puebla state, east of Mexico City, said the attack took place in the pre-dawn hours. Puebla Gov. Miguel Barbosa said none of the nine victims were from the state and the…


Dr. Joe Nieusma Explains the Shedding Process and Healthy Solutions for Coronavirus

Dr. Joe Nieusma has over 30 years of experience in human exposure to drugs, chemicals, and biologics, having done occupational toxicology for Big Pharma. He simplifies what the COVID-19 shot does to our cellular structure. Learn about his HOPE—health optimization prescription evaluation—which helps people get off unnecessary prescriptions, and why he thinks C60 Complete is…


Dr. Joe Nieusma Explains the Shedding Process and Healthy Solutions for Coronavirus | The Counter Culture Mom Show

Dr. Joe Nieusma has over 30 years of experience in human exposure to drugs, chemicals, and biologics, having done occupational toxicology for Big Pharma. He simplifies what the COVID-19 shot does to our cellular structure. Learn about his HOPE—health optimization prescription evaluation—which helps people get off unnecessary prescriptions, and why he thinks C60 Complete is…


Capitol Report (Feb. 14): Durham Probe Heating Up

Senators on Capitol Hill are taking action to ban tax dollars from being used to pay for drug paraphernalia. In an effort to force the Biden administration’s hand, Senator Blackburn is using leverage to hold up a government funding bill. The headlines are reading that Russia is poised to invade Ukraine at any moment, but Ukraine’s…


US Detains Smuggling Ship, UK Seizes Drugs in Mideast Waters

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—The U.S. Navy announced Sunday it seized a boat in the Gulf of Oman carrying fertilizer used to make explosives that was caught last year smuggling weapons to Yemen. The British royal navy said it confiscated 1,041 kilograms (2,295 pounds) of illegal drugs in the same waters. The interdictions were just the…