Tag: pharmaceuticals
A Dire Shortage of ADD Meds Is Pushing Some Patients to Street Meth
America is beginning—far too late and far too slowly—to get some kind of a ...
The Ethical Quagmire of Conducting Drug Trials With Incarcerated People
Using human beings as “guinea pigs” for unethical experiments becomes so much easier when ...
The Most Common Drug Conviction for ICE Detainees? Rx Drug Possession
Since the very beginning of his path to and through the White House, Donald ...
Canadian Pharmacist Punished for Grassroots Naloxone Distribution
An Ontario regulatory organization for pharmacists is cracking down on a grassroots harm reductionist ...
Will the FDA Repeat Its “Abuse-Deterrent” Oxy Mistake With Stimulants?
OxyContin got a makeover in 2010. That year, the Food and Drug Administration approved ...
Is the Purdue Settlement a Win for Harm Reduction?
The battle to hold corporations accountable for their involvement in fueling chaotic opioid use ...
Pain Patients Like Me Are Rising Up Against Discrimination and Suffering
If it were up to me, it’s unlikely I would be sitting down to ...
Gilead Relinquishes Its PrEP Patent—But Did It Mislead Investors?
On May 8, pharmaceutical company Gilead quietly announced that it will relinquish its exclusive ...
Bernie Sanders Backs #BreakThePatent Fight for Universal PrEP Access
The fight for universal access to PrEP medication for HIV prevention was picked up ...
New “Generic” Naloxone: Expect More Big-Pharma Sleight of Hand
It’s been less than two weeks since the US Department of Justice joined a ...
