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Malcolm 
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Posted on: Feb. 20 2013,10:41 |
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According to this, the DEA should be raiding the FDA.
QUOTE 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.
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"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Oct. 06 2014,11:20 |
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Goddamn.
QUOTE 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.
QUOTE “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.
QUOTE 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.
QUOTE 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.
QUOTE 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?
Edited by Malcolm on Oct. 06 2014,11:21
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Jun. 05 2015,10:05 |
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FDA approves new date rape drug.
QUOTE 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.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Jul. 26 2015,11:43 |
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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.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Jul. 27 2015,11:27 |
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More details about how stupid this kid was.
QUOTE 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.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Posted on: Jul. 27 2015,12:20 |
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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.
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Jul. 27 2015,12:44 |
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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.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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GORDON
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Posted on: Jul. 28 2015,07:31 |
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One cookie was 6 servings? That seems kind of a dumb way to deliver 6 servings of a thing.
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GORDON
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Posted on: Jul. 28 2015,08:25 |
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(TheCatt @ Jul. 28 2015,11:22)
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(GORDON @ Jul. 28 2015,10:31)
QUOTE 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.
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Jul. 28 2015,08:29 |
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Most tallboy energy drinks are two servings. That's the only legal way they can jam in that much caffeine.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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TheCatt
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(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)
QUOTE 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.
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Posted on: Jul. 28 2015,09:59 |
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Oh I missed that word.
I am not familiar with nor accustomed to thinking about marijuana confections.
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GORDON
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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.
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Jul. 28 2015,12:35 |
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Note the graph.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Aug. 17 2015,11:31 |
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Concern about heroin use spiking has caused the fed to take new actions.
QUOTE 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.
QUOTE 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.
Edited by Malcolm on Aug. 17 2015,11:31
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Oct. 01 2015,10:31 |
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From here.
The completely misleading title:
QUOTE Legalized marijuana cited for increase in drugged driving accidents
Example cited in article:
QUOTE 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.
QUOTE 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?
QUOTE 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.
QUOTE "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.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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