Archive for August, 2009
Two Aspects of the Debate on Pharmaceutical Patents Still Enforced
Latin America has made great strides in protecting pharmaceutical patents still held by the intellectual property holders. Through free trade agreements such as NAFTA as well as some decisions made by South American governments, particularly Brazil, pharmaceutical patent protection is increasing and the pharmaceutical industry is growing and innovating. These steps by Latin American [...]
Abusing Prescription Drugs
Prescription drug abuse is on the rise and many more people are finding themselves with an addiction to those prescripton drugs. Think about how you feel when you’re in pain – not just a little bit of pain – a lot of pain. What is the first thing you think about? If it’s me, I [...]
Legal But Potentially Deadly!
by Ned Wicker
Editor: Drug-Addiction-Support.org
When people think about drug overdoses, they immediately think about illegal drugs, but the recent news about the untimely death of actor Heath Ledger certainly illustrates what can happen when legal drugs are abused.
Here’s what the New York Medical Examiner found:
Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Diazepam, Temazepam, Alprazolam, and Doxylamine
The [...]
Pharmaceutical Sales- Start a Drug Rep Career Today
A pharmaceutical sales career is a highly sought after career path. Getting a drug rep job in the medical sales field can be quite competitive. Many recent college graduates want to become drug reps, but find themselves not knowing what to do, where to look, or what to expect. So you have just graduated college, [...]
Controversial Drug Author Calls for the Legalization of Heroin
Wade Agnew probably knows as much about heroin and the law as anyone. He used it for three decades, was a successful heroin trafficker for ten years, and has studied the legal status of heroin continually since first discovering the drug at University in the late 1960’s.
“My affair with heroin has been an on-going [...]
Should Drug Use Be Decriminalized?
Should Drug Use be Decriminalized?
Today, the problem of drug legalization becomes an issue of the day. Looking at the entire range of society’s current attempts to deal with licit and illicit mind-acting substances, there are tensions in the system wherever one’s glance falls. Recent attempts to legalize drugs do not take into account the [...]
Medical Marijuana – But What About the Children
A common debate that hopefully will come to an end in the next few years is the medical marijuana topic. While there are more pros than cons when this debate ever comes up, there are still plenty of corporations both in the medical and industrial sectors that would love to see medical marijuana made 100% [...]
Is There A Connection Between Alcoholism and Drug Addiction?
Of course alcohol is not a drug. If it was we wouldn’t be allowed to drink it in most of the western world, as long as we are regarded as old enough by local law. It’s legal, and socially acceptable. But of course alcohol is a drug, and alcoholism is just as much a form [...]