Patrizia Cazzaniga had heard the horror stories about early treatments for hepatitis C – multiple daily pills and weekly shots...
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11.032014March 11, 2014
Patients with repeat ED visits for opioid overdose more likely to be hospitalized, require respiratory support
By WFADIn News Archive
Patients brought to hospital emergency departments (EDs) more than once in a year for treatment of opioid drug overdoses are...
11.032014March 11, 2014
Police Commissioner calls pot legalization ‘terrible mistake’
By WFADIn News Archive
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton said today that it would be a “terrible mistake” to legalize marijuana and predicted problems for...
11.032014March 11, 2014
Global drug issues to be focus of high-level UN meeting in Vienna starting on 13 March
By WFADIn News Archive
The current world situation regarding the use and trafficking of drugs will be addressed at a series of meetings and...
11.032014March 11, 2014
First month of marijuana tax revenue in Colorado falls well short of expectations
By WFADIn News Archive
It appears that Colorado is falling well short of the state’s revenue projection from marijuana sales. Instead, the number from...
11.032014March 11, 2014
Use of cocaine drops and marijuana increases across the United States
By WFADIn News Archive
The use of cocaine dropped sharply across the United States from 2006 to 2010, while the amount of marijuana consumed...
11.032014March 11, 2014
UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov: Drug legalization is no solution
By WFADIn News Archive
Legalisation is not the solution for the world drug problem, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) head said...
11.032014March 11, 2014
More than 100 Los Angeles pot shops closed
By WFADIn News Archive
Los Angeles has shut more than 100 pot shops since it began enforcing new rules for medical marijuana dispensaries. But...
11.032014March 11, 2014
Colorado boasts big sales in retail pot industry
By WFADIn News Archive
New numbers out show Colorado is making big bucks off recreational pot. In the first accounting of the recreational pot...
11.032014March 11, 2014
Attorney General Holder, calling rise in heroin overdoses ‘urgent public health crisis’
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Calling the rise in overdose deaths from heroin and other prescription pain-killers an “urgent public health crisis,” Attorney General Eric...