Sao Paulo Crack Addicts Face Obligatory Treatment
Sao Paulo crack addicts face obligatory treatment
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Officials in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo are to begin making people addicted to crack cocaine get treatment. A new law allows mandatory treatment for drug users in "advanced stages of addiction" and at risk of death. Social services, not police …
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My Turn: After Newtown, let's talk about reaching challenging kids
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California Must Guard Its Burgeoning Biotech Industry
California must guard its burgeoning biotech industry
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“California continues to deliver life-saving treatments and new technologies that offer hope for patients in need," said Dr. David Gollaher, president and CEO of the California Healthcare Institute (CHI). "Last year … Deals targeting drug companies …
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Op-Ed: An economic study for decriminalizing hard-core drugs
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Editorial: Close Loophole That Allows Health Care Profiteering in Florida
Editorial: Close loophole that allows health care profiteering in Florida
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Employees who are injured on the job get medical care through the workers compensation insurance system. When doctors treating those employees dispense drugs themselves that are repackaged — made smaller from bulk orders — rather than write …
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Prescription drug misuse remains a top public health concern
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Big Pharma Loses Protest to New Price Ceiling
Big Pharma Loses Protest to New Price Ceiling
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This cap applied to drugs that the Defense Department procured directly and distributed to service members at military treatment facilities or through Tricare's mail-order pharmacy. … Thus the Defense Department paid the full retail cost at this …
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Voluntary Recalls of Pet Food From China Are Not Enough to Protect Nation's Pets
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How the Holidays Spread the Flu
How the holidays spread the flu
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The percentage of influenza-related deaths is not higher than in previous outbreaks. The CDC also has found no viral strains this season that are resistant to neuraminidase inhibitors, the drugs that we use to treat patients once they develop the flu …
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Drug addict mum Sally Dent thought methadone was safe in child's cup
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Violating the Vulnerable: Manifestations and Attitudes
Violating The Vulnerable: Manifestations And Attitudes
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Thus, while rape and rape-cum-murder are extremes of violation of women, acid attack and dowry harrassment, which are violations of the female psyche, should be treated on par with rape. The violence of sexual rape and the physical abuse preceding and …
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DOOLEY: Iowa's mental health system severely broken
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