"The idea that drug dealers and the people close to them are the only people caught up in the violence we are living in Mexico is a silly lie made up to keep the population calm," Sarmiento wrote.
America has spent billions battling the drug industry in Bolivia, Colombia and Peru. And the result? Production as high as ever, street prices at a low, and the governments of the region in open revolt.
Many people assume that marijuana was made illegal through some kind of process involving scientific, medical, and government hearings; that it was to protect the citizens from what was determined to be a dangerous drug. The actual story shows a much different picture.
Before the 1990s, groups based in the Pacific Coast state of Sinaloa dominated Mexico's drug trade. The country's traffickers were becoming cash-rich as Colombian cartels increasingly ceded key smuggling routes into the U.S. to them.
DPA's core principle that people should not be punished for what they put into their own bodies absent harm to others has inspired us to get involved in the case of Andrew Feldmar, a Canadian psychologist.
Remind me why pot is illegal, and why Oxycrack had a massive pharmaceutical, medical and political machine helping it peddle addiction and death to rednecks and radio hotshots. I'll make sure to have a huge joint waiting, because hilarity is always more hilarious when you're high. When you're dead? Not so much.
Pope Benedict XVI warned drug traffickers Saturday that they would face divine justice for the scourge of illegal narcotics across Latin America, telling them that, "God will call you to account for your deeds."
Envision a world where terrorists don't buy weapons from money made selling drugs. Imagine a world where felony crime drops over 50 percent and local police focus on drunk drivers, child predators and terrorists. Envision a world where if one day you or a loved one has a drug problem, you see a doctor not a judge. America can have this world, if
The proportion of colorectal cancer patients with access to the drug Avastin was 10 times higher in the US than it was in Europe, with the UK having a lower uptake than the European average.
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Though touted by the Bush administration as the "silver bullet" that will force teenagers to "just say no," random drug testing is of questionable effectiveness. It is also costly, counterproductive and violates basic American values. That's why the million-member California State PTA, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Nat
Margrit Long drove herself to Providence St. Vincent Medical Center on Friday, March 30. She'd told a friend she was feeling sick, a little nauseous, but she wasn't the type to complain. And besides, she hated hospitals.
Former President Bill Clinton announced agreements with drug companies Tuesday to lower the price in the developing world of AIDS drugs resistant to initial treatments and to make a once-a-day AIDS pill available for less than $1 a day.
It's tough to argue with the supporters of the War on Drugs who want to keep drugs out of the hands of our youth. But the War on Drugs in the United States is simply out of control, and Tim Hellstrom reminds us that we've seen a war like this before.
Before You Take CIALIS Tadalafil Never forget that CIALIS is a drug,and that there are strict guidelines for using it effectively and safely.Following sexual stimulations, CIALIS tadalafil works by helping the blood vessels in your penis to relax, allowing the flow of blood into your penis. The result of this causes improved erectile function.
Texas firm that supplied fatal drug to Portland clinic escaped FDA oversight
Federal authorities arrested 14 people in Mississippi and Louisiana on Tuesday in a cocaine trafficking investigation that also resulted in more than 40 dogs being seized from a dogfighting operation.
Houston drug reformer Dean Becker's Drug Truth Network is expanding it's reach to encompass the popular video posting and viewing website.
Earlier this week, Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones announced that he once snorted a mixture of his father's ashes and cocaine. Richards and his publicist later claimed that he was just kidding. But if he did snort his dad, would that have been unhealthy? Only if he made a habit of it, experts say.
The new AIDS drug Prezista performed very well in halting the onslaught of the human immunodeficiency virus in people with advanced infection, a study published on Wednesday showed.
The war between Mexico's drug cartels and the state intensified this week, with a death toll of nine police officers and others this week.
Japanese doctors were warned on Wednesday against prescribing Tamiflu to teenagers after several young patients taking the bird flu -fighting drug reportedly exhibited dangerous behavior.
The rare blood disorder can lead to disability and premature death. The drug is made by Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Cheshire, Conn.
Federal agents seized $206 million believed to be tied to the methamphetamine trade and detained seven people at a luxury home in one of Mexico City's most upscale neighborhoods, officials said Friday.
the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, Wednesday, that even if doctors say marijuana is the only thing keeping you alive, it is still illegal for you to smoke it.
Professor David Lambert, who has been involved in the development the drug in collaboration with Dr Girolamo Calo in Ferrara Italy, believes the new drug - called UFP-101 - avoids many of the side effects of morphine, currently the 'gold standard' in pain reduction.
The drug war is based on a repugnant assertion: that you do not have ownership over your own body; that you don't have the right to decide what you'll do with your body, with your property and with your life. The position of the drug warriors is that you should be in jail if you decide to do something with your body that they don't approve of.
U.S. prescription drug sales rose 8.3 percent to $274.9 billion last year, fueled by the Medicare drug benefit, increased use of generic medicines and new treatments for diseases such as cancer and diabetes, according to a new report.
Mother Nature strikes again!! A dangerous form of tuberculosis that resists treatment with both first-line and second-line drugs is spreading around the world, spurring an urgent search for new ways to stop the ancient scourge. Extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) has been found in 28 countries, including, rarely, the USA, the World Health Or
A prescription drug benefit of the U.S. Medicare program is a "financially irresponsible" addition to a system that was already on course for possible bankruptcy, the U.S. government's top accountant said in an interview on Sunday.
DRUG industry-funded trials of breast cancer therapies are more likely to report positive results than those independent of drug companies, according to a report.









