Trump says he wants to end the opioid crisis but everything’s he’s done undermines the cause

October 26, 2017 "America First", Affordable Care Act, Donald Trump, drugs, health, Jeff Sessions, News, politics, US politics

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Baltimore’s short on a lifesaving drug. Declaring the opioid crisis a national emergency can help

October 24, 2017 Donald Trump, drugs, News

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND — If the paramedics had gotten there two minutes later, Darrin Dorsey would be dead. “Through the process you don’t even know you are about to die or you’re dead,” said Dorsey. “You only know what happened to you when you wake up and someone tells you.”

He recalled overdosing on fentanyl-laced heroin nearly two weeks ago. Dorsey’s near-death experience comes as Baltimore city officials have been trying to get naloxone, a...

A law professor’s big idea for combatting greedy drug company titans like Martin Shkreli

September 21, 2017 drugs, health, Ideas, medicine, News, ST

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Trump trots out tired ‘Just Say No’ strategy as his plan for the opioid crisis

August 9, 2017 Donald Trump, drugs, News, politics

On Tuesday, President Trump unveiled an opioid abuse prevention plan that basically consists of the “Just Say No” slogan championed by First Lady Nancy Reagan in the 1980s.

During brief remarks to reporters from his private golf club in New Jersey, Trump said he thinks the way to prevent opioid abuse is simply to tell kids that drugs are bad.

“If they don’t start, they won’t have a problem. If they do start, it’s awfully tough to get off,” Trump said. ...

Americans hate the health care industry even more than Wall Street

July 20, 2017 banks, drugs, patents, pharma, pharmaceuticals, US institutions, Wall Street

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