What was Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos smoking? Colombia has long been an obedient lieutenant in the U.S.-led war on drugs, yet there was Santos musing out loud — at a presidential summit, of all places — about the possibility of exporting bales of marijuana to California dopers.
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The Kentucky Derby Must Kick Its Drug Problem
Around 6:24 pm eastern time Saturday evening, at the hallowed Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky, Dialed In, the favorite in the 137th running of the Kentucky Derby, will enter the starting gate.
Nation: The Doctor and the Moneyed Monk
A bizarre tale of hypnotism, drugs and deathA wealthy monk.
The Shame of Manny Ramirez
“Manny being Manny.” That was the bemused phrase people employed to explain the always weird, sometimes amusing, often maddening behavior of Manny Ramirez, the slugger who retired last week.
Taming the No.1 Killer: Heart Disease
Doctors attack heart disease with new techniques and potent drugs Charles Weiner, 45, was trudging through Boston's snowy streets one night when he suddenly felt a gripping pain in his chest.
Opioids: New Studies on Chronic Pain Drug Prescriptions
Pain is one of the most common reasons that people end up in the doctor’s office.
FDA warns about fat-melting injections
FDA warns about fat-melting injections Alternative to liposuction not proven safe or effective The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on fat-melting injections used in spas across the U.S., saying the drugs have not been proven safe or effective. Lipodissolve injections, a popular nonsurgical alternative to liposuction, are used to dissolve small fat deposits […]
Afghan junkies risk triggering AIDS explosion
Afghanistan’s reputation as the world’s leading narcotics supplier is well-known, but in a squalid ruin in Kabul, the country hides a darker secret — a huge home grown drug addiction problem now on the brink of fueling an HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Drug giant Pfizer to pay record $2.3B fine
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has agreed to pay a record $2.3 billion settlement to resolve criminal and civil liability for illegally promoting certain pharmaceuticals, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
Drug analysis a multistep process
Unlike television crime shows in which machines can instantly spit out results, toxicology testing to determine what drugs are in a person’s body can be a long and painstaking process. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office estimates that toxicology tests on the body of Michael Jackson could take six to eight weeks. The results are needed to determine the singer’s cause of death, a spokesman for the coroner said