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The “Drug Czar” Says Overdose Deaths Were Already Rising Before Pandemic and Now Are Spiking—The Ultimate Blame Belongs to  Prohibition

The “Drug Czar” Says Overdose Deaths Were Already Rising Before Pandemic and Now Are Spiking—The Ultimate Blame Belongs to Prohibition

White House “drug czar” Jim Carroll told Politico earlier this week that an Office of National Drug Control Policy analysis finds an 11.4 percent year‐​over‐​year increase in opioid‐​related overdose deaths during the first four months of 2020. Kentucky has seen a 25 percent increase in overdose deaths during the first four months of this year, and West …

Mike Xavier – Open Letter (Official Music Video)

Mike Xavier – Open Letter (Official Music Video)

Stream, download or view the lyrics to my new ‘Still Dreaming’ album at the link below. http://smarturl.it/stilldreaming Open Letter is a personal song I wrote about someone close to me. Although they may not have heard the song yet, I pray they’re doing well. I’m trying to get a million views on this video, PLEASE …

pharmaceutical executives bribed doctors to prescribe dangerous fentanyl 06/22 by Brian The Hammer Jackson | News

pharmaceutical executives bribed doctors to prescribe dangerous fentanyl 06/22 by Brian The Hammer Jackson | News

Are you on any kind of pain medicine? You might want to listen to this. Money, dinners, and strip clubs: How pharmaceutical executives bribed doctors to prescribe dangerous fentanyl drugs..A former sales VP for a pharmaceutical company who was sentenced to the prison tells he bribed doctors to prescribe fentanyl drugs. Nearly 70,000 Americans die …

Paid to Show the Drug Works: Why “Blind” Clinical Trials for New Drugs are Far Less Blind Than They Should Be – Pro Market

Paid to Show the Drug Works: Why “Blind” Clinical Trials for New Drugs are Far Less Blind Than They Should Be – Pro Market

New research shows that physicians in industry-sponsored trials are more captured by pharmaceutical companies than physicians in unsponsored ones. Economists love health care because it is a classic example of “information asymmetry”: patients do not know what treatment they need, how much it should cost, or which tests will properly diagnose them. Instead, patients have …

How to Check Out a Doctor for Medical Malpractice

How to Check Out a Doctor for Medical Malpractice

by Trisha Torrey (VeryWellHealth.com) Checking a doctor’s history of malpractice suits and disciplinary actions can help guide you in choosing a doctor. When you need difficult medical testing or treatment, you must choose your doctor wisely. You’ll want to do some research about the doctor to be sure his credentials, experience, and abilities to meet your needs. The following …

Rehab Marketing Tricks – NY Times

Rehab Marketing Tricks – NY Times

More than 200,000 people seek addiction treatment on the phone or online every month. Few of them realize that their pleas for help are a valuable commodity — one that is quietly fought over by those angling to turn a distress signal into cash. Addicts represent big money to treatment centers, which are happy to …