Category: drug

Dad Quits Drugs and Has Incredible Transformation so He Can See His Daughter

The love for his child helped this man to clean up and get his health and life back. (Video courtesy of Austin Greene) …


94 Percent of Medication Not Supported by High-Quality Evidence, Harms Underreported: Study

Less than 6 percent of medical drugs have high-quality evidence to support their benefits, according to a recent study by the University of Oxford. The study found that, of the 1,567 eligible medications approved under the Cochrane Reviews from 2008 to 2021, more than 94 percent were not supported by high-quality evidence. Cochrane Reviews is…


The Opium War | Documentary

Thousands of young people are dying from using drugs in Kachin State, Burma. When the government was not doing enough to crack down on the drug problem, civilians formed an anti-drugs organization called “Pat Jasan,” which means “stop and clean the drugs” in the local Kachin language, to eradicate drugs. A clash between “Pat Jasan”…


Folded Dollar Bills May Contain Fentanyl, Tennessee Sheriff’s Office Warns

A Tennessee sheriff’s department has warned the public not to pick up folded dollar bills found on the ground because they may contain fatal amounts of fentanyl. The Giles County Sheriff’s Department issued a public safety notice after two instances where a folded dollar bill containing the deadly opioid was found and picked up. “When…


Median Drug Launch Price 85 Times Higher Compared to 2008

A study led by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital has found that median launch prices for new drugs have grown 85 times higher compared to prices in 2008 in the United States, resulting in higher pharmaceutical expenditures for consumers. Median launch prices for new drugs have increased from costing $2,115 in 2008 to $180,000…


Gilead Drug Modestly Delays Breast Cancer Progression in Late-Stage Trial

Gilead Sciences Inc.’s Trodelvy extended by 1.5 months, or 34 percent, the length of time women with advanced stages of a common type of breast cancer lived without their disease worsening, according to trial data presented on Saturday. The Phase III study compared Trodelvy to chemotherapy in 543 patients with hormone-sensitive tumors that test negative…


‘Slippery Slope’: Alberta’s Kenney Questions Federal-BC Drug Decriminalization Plan

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he has concerns about the federal government’s decision to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illegal drugs in British Columbia. Kenney says the decision is a “slippery slope” and is counter-productive to solving the twin problems of illicit drugs and helping those recover from addiction. Under the program, British Columbians…


19 Indicted in International Drug Money Laundering Scheme

BOSTON—Nineteen people have been indicted in a complex money-laundering scheme to move millions of dollars in drug proceeds from Colombian cartels through U.S. banks, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The charges brought in Massachusetts federal court are the result of a five-year investigation into the money laundering organization based in Colombia. Authorities say they laundered at…


Biogen CEO to Step Down, Drugmaker Pulls Back on Alzheimer’s Drug Aduhelm

Biogen Inc said on Tuesday that Chief Executive Michel Vounatsos will step down and that the company is pulling back on selling its Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm after the U.S. government’s Medicare program restricted coverage of the controversial treatment to patients in clinical trials. Vounatsos, who was named as the CEO in 2016, will continue in…


‘Kids Continue to Die Every Day’: Father Who Lost Son to Fentanyl Slams California Legislature’s Rejection of Bill to Punish Dealers

California lawmakers recently tried to take bold action to combat the growing fentanyl crisis by increasing the punishment for drug traffickers and sellers. However, according to an advocate, a bill that would have helped address the issue was “shot down” by the state Assembly’s Public Safety Committee on April 19. Jaime Puerta, a California resident…