Tag: pharmaceuticals

    Rethinking Ketamine in Light of a Newly Approved Depression Treatment

    On March 5, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the prescription treatment ...

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    Alexander Lekhtman

    Johann Hari’s Journey of Discovery About Depression

    Material living conditions are overall better in today’s world than during any time in ...

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    Zach Rhoads

    Bernie Is Back—With a Commitment to Progressive Drug Policies

    Bernie Sanders, a leading leftist in the crowded cohort of Democratic presidential hopefuls for ...

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    Filter Staff

    Tennessee Plan to Mandate Lockable Prescription Bottles May Help, But Only Slightly

    New Tennessee legislation hopes to tackle teenage prescription opioid use by keeping pill bottles ...

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    Filter Staff

    How Stigma Against Addiction Devastates Pain Patients

    First it was a hip replacement. Then it became complicated by a MRSA infection. ...

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    Elizabeth Brico

    What’s Taking So Long for Naloxone to Be Made Available Over the Counter?

    Naloxone can reverse an opioid overdose within minutes. Prompt access would prevent many of ...

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    Sarah Beller

    Inside Brooklyn’s First Medical Cannabis Dispensary

    I‘m greeted by an employee sporting a crisp button-down and a dotted blue bow ...

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    Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard

    UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s Opioid Strategy Ignores What’s Most Proven to Work

    Earlier this year, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launched an ...

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    Sessi Kuwabara Blanchard