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08/17/2018 / By News Editors

Trump wants federal lawsuit against opioid makers as state lawsuits pile up against them

President Donald Trump wants Attorney General Jeff Sessions to file a federal lawsuit against opioid makers and suppliers, he said during a Cabinet meeting Thursday. (Article by Evie Fordham republished from DailyCaller.com) “I’d also like to ask you to bring a major lawsuit against the drug companies on opioids,” Trump said Thursday according to Fox News. […]

07/09/2018 / By S.D. Wells

Health Basics QUIZ: Which has killed more Americans, all U.S. wars put together or prescription drugs?

Which is more dangerous, fighting in a war, or returning from a war and taking experimental prescription drugs for PTSD and pain? Since the war in Afghanistan, where insidious politicians auspiciously helped opium production levels rise to astronomical rates, heroin has become the root of many prescription drugs that Americans find themselves not only addicted to, […]

05/10/2018 / By Edsel Cook

More than 100 people have become sick by smoking synthetic marijuana contaminated with rat poison

An article in LiveScience reports that more than 100 people in five states have ended up in the hospital or even losing their lives after smoking synthetic marijuana. Experts believe the drug is tainted by rat poison that caused severe bleeding in users. The first such incidents took place at the start of March 2018. Before the […]

02/26/2018 / By Rhonda Johansson

Ex-opioid addict starts online campaign against billionaire family behind OxyContin; their company, Purdue Pharma, has made billions off opioids

World-renowned and distinguished photographer Nan Goldin is using her art to yet again expose the hidden truths of an unreported world — this time in lambasting the billionaire family responsible for the pain relief drug, OxyContin. Goldin, a recovering drug addict, says that the Sackler family has turned a blind eye to the growing epidemic […]

02/26/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Deranged CNN Leftist says TRUMP should be “charged with manslaughter” when people die from opioid drugs… HUH?

CNN columnist and SiriusXM radio host Dean Obeidallah, a self-professed “American Muslim,” has openly declared that whenever somebody dies from an opioid overdose from here on out, it’s automatically the fault of President Donald Trump. In a shockingly pointed and nasty tweet, Obeidallah condemned the president for appointing a “GOP pollster,” referring to Kellyanne Conway, […]

01/29/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Didn’t they take an oath not to do harm? Opioids are coming from doctor’s offices, not the ER

A new study from the University of Southern Califonia has uncovered a disturbing trend in the opioid distribution: While state legislature and hospitals have implemented more stringent measures in prescribing opioids, physicians’ offices have continued the practice, increasing the rate of prescription by more than four times. The report, which was published in the Annals of Emergency […]

01/18/2018 / By Earl Garcia

Deaths from synthetic opioids have risen from 3,000 to over 20,000 in just three years – and the carnage is expected to continue

The tragic cases of two suburban Atlanta teens succumbing to opioid overdose added to the growing and worsening number of deaths associated with drug overdose across the country. A report published in the Life Zette website revealed that deaths involving synthetic opioids grew from 3,000 to 20,000 within a three-year period, which marked a 560 percent increase in […]

01/03/2018 / By Earl Garcia

Dead is dead: Drug for helping smokers quit found to increase risk of heart attack AND self-harm

Pfizer’s flagship smoking cessation drug varenicline, sold under the brand names Chantix in the United States and Champix in Canada and Europe, may do more harm than good as recent research published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine showed that the medication was associated with an increased likelihood of suffering from cardiovascular conditions. A team of […]

12/23/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

Study finds surgery patients only use about one-third of the opioid pain relief they receive, illustrating the overprescription problem for addictive pills

A study finds that surgery patients use about a third of the opioid pain relief they receive. This shows that overprescription has contributed to the opioid epidemic. The study shows how patients use their medicines and educates both surgical teams and patients on pain control. A group of researchers from the University of Michigan (U-M) […]

12/21/2017 / By Tracey Watson

Three ways to manage pain without pills

Most of us greet each new day with excitement and joy, happy to be alive and enjoy at least a measure of good health. There are millions of Americans, however, for whom the days pass in a blur of chronic pain. The famous French physician, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, having observed the effects of pain on […]

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