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No, it’s not immoral to use illegal drugs — because it’s the War on Drugs that’s to blame A Times op-ed says that ethical consumers should stop using drugs. In fact, it's the War on Drugs we should blame

Knockoffs of Biotech Drugs Bring Paltry Savings Pharmaceutical companies have been raising prices on biotech drugs about to lose patent protection to squeeze out more revenue before competition arrives.

Article: Are You Taking These New Drugs From Our Brave New FDA? There was a time when the FDA would not have approved drugs so irritating to the esophagus, you could end up in the ER if you lie down after taking one like the bisphosphonate bone drugs or drugs that suppress the whole immune system and invite cance Read more ... rs for less than serious conditions.

Article: Are You Taking These New Drugs From Our Brave New FDA? There was a time when the FDA would not have approved drugs so irritating to the esophagus, you could end up in the ER if you lie down after taking one like the bisphosphonate bone drugs or drugs that suppress the whole immune system and invite cance Read more ... rs for less than serious conditions.

On Nov. 19, Join The #NightofConversation About Prescription Drug Addiction In our survey of Healthcorps students, we were pleased to see that over 80 percent of kids had talked about alcohol and illegal drugs with their families, but only about half had talked about the dangers of addictive prescription drugs. It's time we Read more ... all realized that prescription drugs are just as dangerous as illegal drugs and discussed all drugs (illegal, prescription, and alcohol) with our families.

Heroin deaths are surging, but the deadliest drugs are still pills Prescription drugs kill more people in the U.S. than any other drug, but heroin overdose deaths have exploded, leading the Drug Enforcement Administration to declare both as the most threatening drugs.

Foster care kids put on too many psych drugs, report says Investigation finds many children are misdiagnosed and over-treated with drugs meant for severe mental illness

Here's how different drugs change your brain Here's a look into four types of drugs and their effect on the brain as shown in snapshots of fMRI scans or infographics.

Doctors Right, Politicians Wrong on Prescribing Abortion Drugs Hey, wow, who could've predicted this: a new study on mifepristone and misoprostol, the two drugs taken together to induce an abortion, shows that it's perfectly safe to use a lower dosage of the drugs than the FDA recommends. Doctors have been sayin Read more ... g that since at least 2001. It's almost as though their medical training gives them a special understanding of how drugs work?