food and drug administration

The Occupation and the Resistance

The Occupation and the Resistance

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BLIND FAITH IN DRONES — Tom Barry on the proliferation of drones, from the CIA to the military to the drug warriors; BIG BANG THEORY IN NORTH KOREA: Peter Lee on how the latest nuclear weapons tests might change the power dynamics on the Korean …
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Saint Luke's Neuroscience Institute receives Get With The Guidelines- Stroke

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Does Dating Make Good Kids Turn Bad?

Does Dating Make Good Kids Turn Bad?

Filed under: drug abuse

Because there is a study for everything these days, the University of Georgia looked into the correlation between the frequency of dating among middle schoolers and their later habits regarding drug use, study skills, and drop-out rates. Over 600 …
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NYC's Bloomberg to keynote drug abuse summit

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Operation UNITE officials said Bloomberg has worked to reduce prescription drug abuse in New York – developing guidelines for the city's public hospitals banning long-acting opioid painkillers, limiting opioid prescriptions to a three-day supply, and …
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Vaccine Skeptics Sound Danger Warning

Vaccine skeptics sound danger warning

Filed under: Drug Use Illinois

“Although the number of vaccinations recommended is greater than ever before, the vaccines used in the current immunization schedule actually have fewer antigens (inactivated or dead viruses and bacteria, altered bacterial toxins, or altered bacterial …
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Donors honored by blood bank

Filed under: Drug Use Illinois

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration mandates that blood donors cannot be paid or receive any item “readily convertible to cash” in return for their donation. To promote blood safety, only voluntary donations can be used for transfusion. In the United …
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Dangerous TB Patient Detained on US Border

Dangerous TB Patient Detained on US Border

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Now an even more extreme strain of the deadly disease — resistant to all of the drugs normally used to treat it — is causing concern. WSJ's Natacha … His three-month odyssey through 13 countries—from his homeland of Nepal through South Asia …
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There's a New Anti-Fluoride Push in North Texas, which Has Ear of McKinney

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Proposed Missouri Law Aimed at Saving Lives After Drug Overdoses

Proposed Missouri law aimed at saving lives after drug overdoses

Filed under: Drug Treatment Help Chicago

“So to describe them as the type who might think, 'Gee, I better take this guy for help,' might be a stretch.” … Kathie Kane-Willis, director of the Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy at Roosevelt University, in Chicago, studies addiction-related …
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Wrinkle-busting Botox brings optimism to overactive bladder sufferers

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Jurors Don't Need to Check Their Consciences at the Door

Jurors don't need to check their consciences at the door

Filed under: drug abuse facts

Georgetown University law professor Paul Butler encourages jurors to refuse to enforce victimless drug laws that have disproportionately been used against and disproportionately harm people of color. And so on. These are simple facts of the American …
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Drug Testing Should Be Applied to All "Welfare" Recipients — Rep. Fincher

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