If you are accustomed to going to the gas station for a quick snack or a Coke, you may have seen substances called “Scooby-Doo,” “Mr. Miyagi,” or “Spice” for sale by the register. Despite the cartoonish names, these substances are drugs. These may not be the drugs you’re familiar with. They are synthetic drugs, created [...]
Continue Reading →The next twist in the ongoing Michael Jackson death saga appears to be a criminal investigation: on July 22, the Los Angeles Police Department served a search warrant to the Houston clinic of Dr. Conrad Murray, Jackson’s personal doctor, who was with the pop icon at the time of his death on June [...]
Continue Reading →The benefits of electronic drug prescriptions, or ePrescriptions, have been widely touted. These ePrescriptions allow for better record keeping, fewer (potentially fatal) medical errors, increased efficiency, and lower costs. As a result, the president and Congress have both supported ePrescription technology, at least verbally. Earlier this summer, Congress passed new Medicaid legislation that [...]
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