Forum: Internet Links
Topic: drugs and "drugs"
started by: Malcolm

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 20 2013,10:41
According to < this >, the DEA should be raiding the FDA.
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NCHS (National Center for Health Statistics) data revealed that the number of people dying from drug overdoses progressively rose for an 11-year period through to the end of 2010, with prescription opioid painkillers being the main drive behind the increase.
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After assessing data on multiple cause-of-death from the National Vital Statistics System, Dr. Paulozzi and team identified 38,329 deaths in the USA caused by drug overdoses. In 58% of these deaths, other medications were involved.
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In November, 2011, the CDC reported that more Americans died form prescription painkiller overdoses than all deaths from cocaine and heroin combined.

Thank god these dudes will be regulating our entire health care industry now.  Good thing the DEA is around to protect us from all these evil criminal drug dealers trying to sell us shit that kills us.

Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 06 2014,11:20
< Goddamn >.
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Hydrocodone is responsible for 70 percent of drug overdoses in the US, and Houston has one of the nation’s highest rates of emergency room visits linked to abuse of this drug.

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“The government fights to keep marijuana illegal, yet allows prescription drugs to be abused by just about anyone. What makes one worse than the other?” said Hispanic studies graduate student Trevor Boffone.

The difference is that the drug dealer in the latter case pays cut to the government so they can keep pushing product.

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Controlled substances are classified into groups, or schedules, based upon their likelihood for abuse and dependency. Hydrocodone has been moved from schedule III to II, which has the highest level of regulatory requirements and restrictions of all prescription medications.

I'd like to note marijuana is still Schedule I.  Allow me to reiterate, the drug responsible for nearly three-quarters of all ODs in the U.S. is considered less dangerous than weed.

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Schedule I substances are those that have the following findings:

       The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
       The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
       There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.



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Schedule II substances are those that have the following findings:

       The drug or other substances have a high potential for abuse
       The drug or other substances have currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, or currently accepted medical use with severe restrictions
       Abuse of the drug or other substances may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.


"There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision."
People who've OD'd on bud, in all of history: 0.
ODs from prescription drug opioids in the US in one year: about 40K.

What diseased, obtuse brain can't connect the dots?



Posted by Malcolm on Jun. 05 2015,10:05
< FDA approves new date rape drug >.
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The most common side effects include dizziness, nausea, fainting and sleepiness. Some women had to stop taking the drug because of the side effects, and one reacted so poorly that she had to be hospitalized.
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The agency has already rejected the drug twice, saying the potential side effects of fainting, nausea, dizziness, sleepiness and low-blood pressure outweighed its benefits.

Even on Thursday, the committee described the drug benefit as “moderate” or “marginal.”

Remember, the FDA is there to protect your safety.

Posted by Malcolm on Jul. 26 2015,11:43
< Short answer >: no.  For comparison, if this moron had overconsumed as much booze as he did bud, he might have died of intoxication outright.  You can't even come close to enough THC to do that without serious lab purification.
Posted by Malcolm on Jul. 27 2015,11:27
< More details > about how stupid this kid was.
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At the dispensary, workers recommended that only a sixth of the marijuana cookie should be eaten which equaled to the recommended serving of 10 mg of THC, the psychoactive ingredient that is contained in the pot. They also said that it might take about 30 minutes before any effect can be seen. But at the expiry of 30 minutes, with no change in effect, the teen ate all the cookies he had which equaled to 65 mg of THC.

According to police reports, the teen had told his friends that this was a sign from God that he was not in control of himself and it did not happen due to the weed.

The fuck?  This isn't an edibles problem, this is a dumb-ass tourist problem.

Posted by TPRJones on Jul. 27 2015,12:20
Yeah, this could have just as easily been the same story about water, and how if you are a 'tard that drinks six times the recommended daily intake you could die.
Posted by Malcolm on Jul. 27 2015,12:44
He seems like the kind of idiot kid that had a stopwatch set to 30 minutes, the alarm went off, nothing happened.  Then that feeling of false invincibility came along.  I'll extend the "dumb-ass" label to everyone in his group, too.
Posted by GORDON on Jul. 28 2015,07:31
One cookie was 6 servings?  That seems kind of a dumb way to deliver 6 servings of a thing.
Posted by Malcolm on Jul. 28 2015,08:14

(GORDON @ Jul. 28 2015,09:31)
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One cookie was 6 servings?  That seems kind of a dumb way to deliver 6 servings of a thing.

Brand new legal industry.  There aren't many guidelines or standards followed, so yes, you can end up with stupid shit like that.  In general, there's no earthly reason why you wouldn't produce edibles with less of a kick.
Posted by TheCatt on Jul. 28 2015,08:22

(GORDON @ Jul. 28 2015,10:31)
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One cookie was 6 servings?  That seems kind of a dumb way to deliver 6 servings of a thing.

Yeah, they do the same thing with pot candy bars too.  1 bar = 6 servings, and people don't pay attention.
Posted by GORDON on Jul. 28 2015,08:25

(TheCatt @ Jul. 28 2015,11:22)
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(GORDON @ Jul. 28 2015,10:31)
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One cookie was 6 servings?  That seems kind of a dumb way to deliver 6 servings of a thing.

Yeah, they do the same thing with pot candy bars too.  1 bar = 6 servings, and people don't pay attention.

The devil, you say.  Next time my kid has a Hershey bar I'm reading the wrapper.
Posted by Malcolm on Jul. 28 2015,08:29
Most tallboy energy drinks are two servings.  That's the only legal way they can jam in that much caffeine.
Posted by TheCatt on Jul. 28 2015,08:36

(GORDON @ Jul. 28 2015,11:25)
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(TheCatt @ Jul. 28 2015,11:22)
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(GORDON @ Jul. 28 2015,10:31)
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One cookie was 6 servings?  That seems kind of a dumb way to deliver 6 servings of a thing.

Yeah, they do the same thing with pot candy bars too.  1 bar = 6 servings, and people don't pay attention.

The devil, you say.  Next time my kid has a Hershey bar I'm reading the wrapper.

Pretty sure those are not pot candy bars.
Posted by GORDON on Jul. 28 2015,09:59
Oh I missed that word.

I am not familiar with nor accustomed to thinking about marijuana confections.

Posted by Malcolm on Jul. 28 2015,10:06

(GORDON @ Jul. 28 2015,11:59)
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Oh I missed that word.

I am not familiar with nor accustomed to thinking about marijuana confections.

Funny.  I have the same problem, except reversed.
Posted by GORDON on Jul. 28 2015,10:08
My son is familiar, though... he was told in 4th grade in health class that if he ever goes to any high school parties, don't eat the brownies.
Posted by Malcolm on Jul. 28 2015,10:10

(GORDON @ Jul. 28 2015,12:08)
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My son is familiar, though... he was told in 4th grade in health class that if he ever goes to any high school parties, don't eat the brownies.

Only proves my point that school is useless.
Posted by Malcolm on Jul. 28 2015,12:35
< Note the graph >.
Posted by Malcolm on Aug. 17 2015,11:31
< Concern about heroin > use spiking has caused the fed to take new actions.
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The $2.5 million for the Heroin Response Strategy is part of a larger package of funding -- $13.4 million in all -- that the ONDCP is providing for the HIDTA program.


At the same time, they decide to roll out < opiates to ever younger peeps >.
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Under the new approval, doctors are directed to only prescribe OxyContin to children who can already tolerate a minimum dose of 20 milligrams of oxycodone, the drug ingredient in OxyContin. Taking a sudden dose of an opioid can lead to overdose and death if patients haven’t previously been exposed to the drug type.

The FDA notes that the Duragesic patch, which releases fentanyl, is the only other opioid approved for children.

I wouldn't have a huge problem with this if the FDA hadn't proven time and time again that they let docs write scripts for this like fucking pez.  Hope they hand out does of naloxone with the pills.



Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 01 2015,10:31
< From here >.

The completely misleading title:
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Legalized marijuana cited for increase in drugged driving accidents


Example cited in article:
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Kendall Owens admitted to police that he was high on PCP and marijuana when he caused a multi-car crash that killed one driver and injured six others on Long Island, New York.

The fuck?  I don't know if anyone here's ever done the dust, but after some of that, I assure you that bud will have exactly zero effect.

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A quadrupling use of prescription drugs since 1999, and legalization of marijuana use in some states are cited among the reasons drug use has become an increasing threat to roadway safety, according to a report released Wednesday by the Governors Highway Safety Association, an organization of state highway safety officers.

The hell?  Glossing over the prescription drug use much?

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The report said the common practice of combining drugs and alcohol results in "dramatically impaired driving performance."

Someone tell me how bud's the isolated cause.

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"They believed it is safer to drive after using marijuana than after drinking alcohol."

Now here's where things get sticky.  While there are long established BAC limits and tests, the same is not remotely true of weed.  There's no law, no standard, no ordinance, no statute anywhere that parallels the 0.08% limit for booze in most states nor do we have past tests where subjects hit the blunt and then the driving simulator.

Posted by TPRJones on Oct. 01 2015,10:42
Driving stoned is absolutely much safer than driving drunk.  I am 100% certain that studies would back that up completely.

The accident rate will be lower, but the biggest difference will be in injuries and damage sustained which will be tiny in comparison.  Because the average stoned driver is going 20mph or more below the speed limit when they run into something.



Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 01 2015,10:56
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Driving stoned is absolutely much safer than driving drunk.  I am 100% certain that studies would back that up completely.

A fair study, sure.

Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 16 2015,10:34
Since Lamar Odom nearly generic viagra'd himself to death, there's been more and more uproar about supplements.  < 25K hospital > ER visits per year are due to those.  There are 150M supplement users in the country and cost about 1/3 of what prescription drugs cost OOP.  They are 100% unregulated.

< Here's a dude > who says binge drinking costs us a quarter trillion dollars per year, and that's a conservative guess.
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The researchers based the 2010 cost estimates on changes in the occurrence of alcohol-related problems and the cost of paying for them since 2006. Still, they said they believe the report underestimates the cost of excessive drinking since information on alcohol use is often underreported or unavailable, and other costs, such as pain and suffering due to harms from excessive drinking, were not included.


All that shit's legal while bud (in the vast majority of places), LSD, psilocybin, X, are all illegal as hell.

Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 20 2015,10:29
< Booze industry > advertising affects underage drinkers.  Damn, it's almost like they're being targeted.
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However, a representative of the Distilled Spirits Council, an industry group, took issue with the findings.

"According to the federal data, underage drinking is at historic lows, yet advertising and marketing are at all-time highs. This real-world data further supports the overwhelming body of research concluding that advertising does not cause someone to begin drinking alcohol or to drink more," said Lisa Hawkins, the group's vice president.

Then, I guess you'll stop advertising?  You know, since it doesn't make a difference.

Posted by TheCatt on Oct. 20 2015,10:34

(Malcolm @ Oct. 20 2015,13:29)
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< Booze industry > advertising affects underage drinkers.  Damn, it's almost like they're being targeted.
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However, a representative of the Distilled Spirits Council, an industry group, took issue with the findings.

"According to the federal data, underage drinking is at historic lows, yet advertising and marketing are at all-time highs. This real-world data further supports the overwhelming body of research concluding that advertising does not cause someone to begin drinking alcohol or to drink more," said Lisa Hawkins, the group's vice president.

Then, I guess you'll stop advertising?  You know, since it doesn't make a difference.

You're ignoring what constitutes the drinking. Ie. Lisa's argument is that Bob is going to drink 100 beers regardless of advertising. BUT advertising could shift Bob to drink 75 Coors and 25 Buds, instead of 100 Millers.
Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 20 2015,10:44
Lisa's an idiot if she thinks the world of advertising is that finely tuned.
Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 20 2015,11:57
< Leaked > UN doc calls for worldwide decriminalization of all drug use.
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The document calls to decriminalize drug use and possession for personal use. It lists drug-related deaths, discrimination, social exclusion, violence, and incarceration as some of the negative effects of treating personal drug use as a criminal offense.
Both the BBC and Branson suggest that the paper was withdrawn from the conference under pressure from at least one national government.

Naturally, all the fucking lying, asshole pigs who make their living and get their dicks hard from tossing non-violent offenders in jail will be against this.  If they want to continue such idiocy, then they can foot 100% of the bill from now on.

Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 21 2015,10:17
< 58% of US citizens > think bud should be legal.  No word what the assholes at the DEA think.

< Bud use has doubled >.
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The research, by scientists from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, also showed that three out of every 10 Americans who used marijuana in the past year were classified as having a marijuana use disorder, meaning abuse or dependence on the drug, which adds up to about 6.8 million Americans.

It's bullshit like this I have an issue with.  A use disorder?  That's implying there's an orderly, normalized picture of usage and one is deviating from it.  And dependence?  You're fucking insane.  THC withdrawal isn't a thing.

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Legalization also tends to change perceptions about risks associated with using the substance, Mooney said. "A greater number of people view marijuana as less risky. There are less perceived harms. I think we are tasked with really educating the public and our patients about the potential risks and harms associated with marijuana use. It's not without risk or potential harm," she said.

Says some professor of psych.  Walking out of your fucking door in the morning isn't without risk or potential harm, either.  I seriously dare you to tell me how it's worse than booze and tobacco, especially if I can pick the method of consumption.  Negative consequences strictly because of smoking combustible organic matter doesn't count.

Hell, let's just go down the list:

1) Caffeine ... the FDA issued warnings to bulk sellers of powder and pills due an OD or two

2) Tobacco ... the FDA issued warnings to sellers of liquid nicotine due to an OD or two

3) Bud ... zero ODs in the history of mankind



Posted by Malcolm on Nov. 05 2015,10:28
< DEA still > the most stubborn, backwards, shit-eating motherfuckers on this planet outside of Malaysia and Indonesia when it comes to drugs.

In brief:

- cops admit they don't give a fucking fuck about weed and it's not a problem worth policing (although their actions lead me to believe otherwise)
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Despite all shift in thinking, arrests for marijuana possession continue unabated. cops keep arresting people for marijuana possession. This might be a simple question of low-hanging fruit: marijuana is by far the most widely-used illegal drug, and more users means more potential arrestees. But these arrests have serious consequences for the people caught up in them, and they divert precious police time and resources away from more serious crimes, like rape and murder.

Beyond that, the Department of Justice has continued to aggressively prosecute marijuana cases even in places where some use of the plant is legal, like California. This led to a federal judge giving a scathing rebuke to the Department last month, accusing it of openly defying congressional efforts to put an end to these raids.

The DEA also continues to pump millions of dollars into its endless campaign to "eradicate" marijuana plants in the U.S., funding expensive weeding operations that spend, in some cases, $60 or more to uproot a single plant.


Oh well, at least this unnecessary and financially insolvent prohibition isn't < causing problems > like farmers dropping illegal poison in their bud fields due to the wholly unregulated nature of the industry.



Posted by Malcolm on Dec. 19 2015,10:58
Today's a perfect illustration of how those with the power to regulate drugs are somehow always the people with the fewest clues about how to do so.

< Aussie anti-bud ad >.  Its target audience is unable to tell if it's a real PSA or a riff.
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if anything #stonersloth seems more like a parody than a campaign tryna stop people from 420 blazing
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Can't decide if this is the worst or greatest anti-marijuana ad campaign ever. #StonerSloth Where can I get one?


Then again, maybe Australia has all the other drugs except marijuana sussed out.
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Nearly four Australians die every day from overdose. Overdoses out-numbered road fatalities in Australia in 2012. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics overdose deaths totalled 1,427 in 2012, while road deaths, which have been steadily declining, ended the year at 1,338.

< Guess not >.

On the other side of the world of morons, we have < 47K OD deaths in 2014 in the US alone >.
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The leading cause of overdose deaths was heroin and opioid pain medications (the latter of which are often cited to be “gateway” drugs for later heroin use), constituting 61%—or 28,647—of the total number of deaths. Since 2000, overdoses from opioids have quadrupled, the report noted.

I'm sure that has nothing to do with the increase in the number of opioid pain medications haphazardly manufactured, tested, approved, and prescribed since 2000.  If only we knew of some other type of painkiller, perhaps one that it was physically impossible to OD on and perhaps still on Schedule I, that might be an alternative for otherwise future riders of the H-train.



Posted by TPRJones on Dec. 19 2015,14:48
The sloth commercials aren't completely off.  The only thing that's weird about them to me is the high level of contempt the other characters in them display.  In a normal world they'd probably have at most mild annoyance or frustration.
Posted by Malcolm on Dec. 19 2015,16:05
I'll take Stoned Sloth over < Drunk-Ass Dingo > any day of the week.  The sloth isn't going to be hungover the next day.  He might be down a bag of Cheetos, but that's a hell of a trade.  There's also a reason you hear about drunken fights, but not usually stoned ones.

The more I think about it, the more the sloth thing isn't doing it for me.  If you've ever been nauseous, a toke or two would probably make you feel better.  It also makes it easier to put up with the assholes at the gym who are "using" four pieces of equipment at once by slowly power-setting through them.



Posted by TPRJones on Dec. 19 2015,20:00
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There's also a reason you hear about drunken fights, but not usually stoned ones.

I saw a stoned fistfight once.  It was hilarious.

Although that might have been because I was stoned, too.



Posted by Malcolm on Dec. 19 2015,20:02
You can break them up for cheap with candy bars.
Posted by Malcolm on Jan. 19 2016,12:35
< Really >?
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There are "incredibly potent" marijuana products in Colorado with 90 percent THC, according to Lewis, who compared that to 2 percent for a traditional joint. "You don't even find products with 2 percent anymore," he said, adding there are "big questions" associated with higher potency marijuana regarding addiction and public health.

Uh, what?  First off, 90% is a concentration you only get in labs or with a bit of chemical processing.  The highest yield female plants will net you product with about 25-30%.  Forty or fifty years ago, a third of that would've been top shelf.  If you want the mythical 90% the senator's talking about, then you're dealing in hash oil.  That will kill you at concentrations of 30 mg/kg.

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While warning about the potency of marijuana products, Lewis was not speaking from firsthand experience - he said he did not try any marijuana products while in Colorado. "We didn't think that was necessary as part of our research," he said.

I guess you're a dipshit then.

Here's someone < more sane >.
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pharmaceutical companies, those drugs and all that, have killed tens of thousands of people — overdoses and all that — every single year and we’ve never had an overdose on marijuana

The reason being that medical bud is generally deprived of THC in favour of CBD.  LD50 rate for CBD: FIFTY goddamn mL per kilo.

Posted by Malcolm on Jan. 29 2016,10:31
< Jim McMahon > used to be a pill popper until a substance with no medicinal value helped him get off the habit.
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"They were doing more harm than good," he said per Robert McCoppin of the Chicago Tribune. "This medical marijuana has been a godsend. It relieves me of the pain — or thinking about it, anyway."
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And despite being legal in Arizona, Colorado and California, it is not recommended for medical use by the American Medical Association.

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 17 2016,10:36
< More prescription drug abuse >.
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In adults between the ages of 18 and 25, however, nonmedical use of dextroamphetamine-amphetamine increased by 67.1 percent and ER visits went up by 155.9 percent. Treatment visits for the drug, however, remained about the same.

Among both age groups, the source for Adderall for nonmedical use was family and friends, two-thirds of which had legitimate prescriptions from a doctor.

Adderall has effects a bit like speed, jr., particularly when it's crushed and insufflated.

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 23 2016,12:42
< FDA raked > for not thinking of this sooner.
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"The FDA is part of the opioid problem and America is depending on it to be part of the solution," Markey said at a Washington press conference Monday. "We need the leader of the FDA to be a tough cop on the beat, not a rubber stamp approving the latest Big Pharma painkillers."
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Since then, the FDA has approved three new painkillers without consulting advisory committees at all. Approving drugs without public hearings and consultation from outside specialists allows the FDA to make critical decisions in the dark, said Andrew Kolodny, executive director of Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing.

But remember, it's the street pushers who are the problem.  Especially the minority ones in urban areas.

Posted by Malcolm on Feb. 24 2016,10:38
< Ithaca > mayor not a dumb-ass.
Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 04 2016,10:31
< Weed before > and after workouts.
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Gordy Megroz, a correspondent for Outside magazine, decided to perform his own study on whether or not smoking marijuana could make you a better athlete. Megroz used a treadmill to conduct his experiment.

He found that he performed better while high on the treadmill than when sober. The correspondent also found that he was less sore after an intense session of squats, indicating that weed may have some substantial recovery effects.

"I do a heavy squat session while high, which would normally leave me sore for two days, but I'm surprisingly fresh 24 hours later," Megroz wrote for Outside. "Even when not stoned, other aches and pains seem to dissipate, too. Humphreys says studies have shown that the drug has an anti-inflammatory effect, which is one reason why medical marijuana is so prevalent."

If he actually has better aerobic performance, I'd be a bit surprised.

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 10 2016,10:24
< The War on Drugs > is going so well, Congress has funded more treatment plans.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drug overdose was the leading cause of injury death in 2013 — the most recent date available — among American 25 to 64 years old, surpassing deaths caused by motor vehicle traffic crashes; 71 percent involved opioid painkillers.

Some public health experts have bemoaned the lack of federal response and have argued that the Food and Drug Administration has exacerbated the problem by continuing to approve new opioids in a market already flooded with them.


On a completely unrelated note:
< Detroit doctors > nailed in prescription drug bust.
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The doctors ran the ring with the help of crooked pharmacists and patient recruiters who helped push roughly 1 million painkillers on the street, authorities said. The charges come one day after state officials announced that drug overdose deaths are up 14% in Michigan, claiming the lives of 1,745 people in 2014 — with heroin and painkillers as the culprits.

No hypocrisy going on here.



Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 15 2016,11:55
< Unsurprisingly >, as prescriptions skyrocket, so do prices.
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In a report that could fuel the growing political outcry against high drug prices, pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts said "opportunistic manufacturers" and "scheming" pharmacies helped drive up prices by 98.2 percent since 2011.

Meanwhile, estimated street prices for a zip of bud:
1970: $300 for ultra-high quality
2000: $650 for the same
today: $500-750

Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 16 2016,10:28
< CDC > says doctors are high-priced drug dealers responsible for more ODs than all street drug pushers combined and they need to get their shit together.
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The popularity of these medications has been blamed for surging rates of opiate addiction and death in the United States, prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue new guidance urging doctors to reserve the medications for patients with acute cancer pain, those receiving palliative care and those in their final days of life. For treatment of chronic pain due to conditions like arthritis and back problems, doctors instead should try Tylenol, Advil or other non-addictive therapies, the guidelines recommend.

< Hmm, what non-addictive pain relievers can I think of >?

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“When a patient tells me that the opioid enables them to sleep at night, get out of bed and do their usual activities, I feel much more reassured than I do by the patient report of any pain score,” he wrote in JAMA Internal Medicine.

By damn near hooking them on time released heroin, yes.



Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 20 2016,17:16
< Spice epidemic > puts 20 in hospital.  If only some alternative could be discovered and legalized.
Posted by Malcolm on Mar. 24 2016,13:00
< Radicals > from unknown institutions recommend complete decriminalization for drug use.
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A group of 22 medical experts convened by Johns Hopkins University and The Lancet have called today for the decriminalization of all nonviolent drug use and possession.
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In a lengthy review of the state of global drug policy, the Hopkins-Lancet experts conclude that the prohibitionist anti-drug policies of the past 50 years "directly and indirectly contribute to lethal violence, disease, discrimination, forced displacement, injustice and the undermining of people’s right to health."

The pricks at the DEA couldn't be reached for comment because they were probably out on a multi-million dollar sting to catch someone in a $5K drug deal.

Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 06 2016,14:03
< DEA > plans to reconsider whether or not they should maintain their current marijuana policy of "keep pissing away millions of dollars and imprison the fuck out of everyone."
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This isn’t the first time DEA has been asked to reconsider marijuana’s classification. In 2001 and 2006, DEA considered petitions, but decided to keep marijuana a Schedule I substance.

Betting they'll vote for the status quo.

Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 06 2016,16:04
Interesting.  The FDA < filed a recommendation with the DEA >, but no word on what that was.

Personally, I would give it a < Schedule IV > designation.

Side note: I'm pretty sure I've tried at least 2 substances on each Schedule list.



Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 06 2016,17:40
It seems less harmful than any Schedule V.
Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 08 2016,10:27
< Wow >.  No wonder this country is fucking clueless about drugs.
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The University of Mississippi, which functions as Uncle Sam's weed man, has an enormous amount of marijuana on hand, but its product would be laughed out of any Colorado dispensary, according to a recent inventory of the school's stash.
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The most powerful strain on the DEA ledger, a "reprocessed" batch numbered 1304-1, tops out at 13.7 percent THC. Most batches in the "high THC" section of the inventory are less than 8 percent.

The University of Mississippi's supply is essentially stuck in the 1970s, when THC content rarely broke the double digits.

Compare that to the potency available at dispensaries in Colorado, which recently legalized recreation pot. Having had years to experiment in medical marijuana industry, which has been legal for more than a decade, horticulturalists there have produced varieties packing 30 percent THC or more. The average THC level in retail stores is 18.7 percent, according to a state-sponsored study.

Posted by TheCatt on Apr. 11 2016,14:22

(TheCatt @ Apr. 06 2016,19:04)
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Interesting.  The FDA < filed a recommendation with the DEA >, but no word on what that was.

Personally, I would give it a < Schedule IV > designation.

Side note: I'm pretty sure I've tried at least 2 substances on each Schedule list.

Apparently they are considering < Schedule II >.

Certainly an improvement, but still insufficient.

Posted by Malcolm on Apr. 11 2016,14:40
Not a chance.  Be lucky if that shit isn't bumped back to a newly created Schedule 0 category.
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