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Owen Scheffler, 30, Deptford, is a behavioral manager at Daytop Village in Pittsgrove, NJ. He supervises therapy and treatment for teenagers in a rehabilitation center, as well as works to help the troubled youths set goals for themselves. He has a history of opiate abuse, so he uses his experiences and lessons to communicate with the residents, consequently building trust since he understands the situation of being young and in trouble. Due to his previous lifestyle, he is in-tune with the patients’ behaviors and needs.Owen Scheffler, 30, Deptford, is a behavioral manager at Daytop Village in Pittsgrove,... more
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Everyone picks a poison throughout life. Those who chose vicodin or codeine, pick more than they bargain for. Breaking the whole into details is the best way to understand this issue.
The mental activity of opiate usage is vital to comprehensive addiction analysis, which requires expert knowledge. Three South Jersey specialists explain the opiate’s physiological effects and the difficulty in getting clean.
http://candiceslosthighway.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/the-science-of-getting-high/Everyone picks a poison throughout life. Those who chose vicodin or codeine, pick... more
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Narcotic pills are as addictive as heroin, despite pill popping being more accepted in mainstream society.
A South Jersey resident explains the physical withdraw endured from prescription pills without ever escalating to heroin. Dr. Michael Mirmanesh, MD, who has a practice in Marlton, NJ, also provides insight into legal and illegal opiate addiction.
http://candiceslosthighway.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/488/Narcotic pills are as addictive as heroin, despite pill popping being more accepted in... more
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"What worries me is the monolithic overuse of power to push pills. That's not a future we should encourage. It's the worst possible future." – Dr. Drummond Rennie, Deputy Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association"What worries me is the monolithic overuse of power to push pills. That's... more
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I really hope this South Korean report is false: Chinese pharmaceutical companies are buying baby corpses from hospitals, grinding them into pills, and then selling them as stamina boosters. Feel free to gag uncontrollably now and then keep reading.
According to the documentary created by South Korean SBS TV, the baby material comes from stillborn births and abortion clinics, and is produced by a microwave drying process. Well! Time to retch again.
The dead baby pill trade is also bringing in a lot of cash for those involved—understandably, as I would imagine it takes a lot of hush money in the Can I take these dead baby fetuses from your hospital and sell them exchange. And it's apparently not such a new industry—rumors (and purported videos) of Chinese baby meals have circulated for years, with reports like this one from 2003 lending further credence to the illicit infant trade.
SBS claims a DNA test found 99.7% human stuff crammed inside the tablets—which Google disturbingly translates as "man capsules"—and was fresh enough to distinguish gender. This is probably the most revolting thing I've ever read, so hey, we can all go to sleep tonight knowing we accomplished at least that much. Now if only there were a baby pill that would erase my brain and destroy everything involved in this story.
http://gizmodo.com/5828137/are-chinese-companies-selling-pills-made-of-dead-babiesI really hope this South Korean report is false: Chinese pharmaceutical companies are... more
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Two years after reporting the Peabody Award-winning Vanguard episode, "The OxyContin Express," correspondent Mariana van Zeller discusses the ongoing battle in Florida to regulate or limit sales of prescription pills, and the struggle for sobriety that one man she interviewed for the piece has faced in the time since.
In this season's premiere episode, van Zeller tracks OxyContin trafficking further up the east coast to Boston, where the high cost of black market pills has fueled a dramatic increase in addiction to cheaper heroin. "Gateway to Heroin" premieres Monday, June 20 at 9/8c on Current TV.
"Vanguard" is Current TV's no-limits documentary series whose award-winning correspondents put themselves in extraordinary situations to immerse viewers in global issues that have a large social significance. Unlike sound-bite driven reporting, the show's correspondents, Adam Yamaguchi, Christof Putzel and Mariana van Zeller, serve as trusted guides who take viewers on in-depth real life adventures in pursuit of some of the world's most important stories.
For more, go to http://current.com/vanguard.Two years after reporting the Peabody Award-winning Vanguard episode, "The... more
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My name is Michael Dancheck; I am a 40 year old Network Engineer that has been recently disabled due to severe nerve pain caused from overuse of my right arm. I also happen to fall into the 1% - 4% of people that experience serious side effects from all of the medications that can help alleviate my pain. I found that on occasion marijuana would help with several of my symptoms and didn’t understand why it didn’t work all of the time. I immersed myself in the subject and began extensive research. I was intrigued by all the information I found and taught myself how to cultivate legally under Colorado law. I want the public to understand all I have learned about marijuana and my thoughts of why the FDA really wants to keep this plant illegal.
What does not make sense to me is that the marijuana plant is deemed as having NO medicinal value by the FDA. Through my research, I found each strain has a different chemical composition which is why we experience different effects with each one. Marijuana is mostly comprised of THC, Cannabinoids, and Flavonoids. THC helps to relieve pain and has psychoactive properties. Cannabinoids have different effects for each type ranging from: pain relief, nausea relief, anxiety relief. One type, CBN, shrinks and kills tumors. Flavonoids are proven to protect against heart disease.
Currently, the drug companies are producing Marinol which is 100% THC. Why does the FDA allow them to make this drug if the plant has no medicinal value? Now, they are trying to synthetically make each type of identified cannabinoid. Their plan is to make several types of pills. Each of which will contain different levels and combinations of THC and Cannabinoids so they can target specific ailments/diseases with each pill.
This brings us to the question which should be presented to the FDA. Why are the drug companies permitted to make Marinol if marijuana is classified as having no medicinal value? Since these drugs are mimicking every element of the marijuana plant why is this plant still illegal? Although you can not patent a plant, you can however patent a process or chemical. As long as this plant remains illegal the drug companies stand to make billions if they can perfect these pills. America deserves to know who's being paid off
Please consider my story.
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Mike DancheckMy name is Michael Dancheck; I am a 40 year old Network Engineer that has been... more
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Blotter Art is a term that refers to the artwork that liquid LSD is dropped onto. The artwork is printed onto "blotter" paper and then perforated into tiny squares or "hits," which can be torn apart into easy to manage quantities. In the 1960s, when LSD was legal, it was distributed in large pills, sometimes called "barrels" because of their shape. It was also sold on anything from sugar cubes to animal crackers. Dealers began to want their "batch" of LSD to be recognizable from the others, so they began to invent ways to trademark their acid. The chemists would make the pills a certain shape or color as to set them apart from others, especially if they were packaging particularly potent dosages. This also served as a form of a validation of authenticity, proving that the dealers were not selling fake LSD. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/section-blog/13313-the-lsd-blotter-art-gallery-mind-states-highzzz-documentaryBlotter Art is a term that refers to the artwork that liquid LSD is dropped onto. The... more
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(Reuters) - Novartis AG plans to seek regulatory approval within 18 months for a pioneering tablet containing an embedded microchip, bringing the concept of "smart-pill" technology a step closer.
"We are taking forward this transplant drug with a chip and we hope within the next 18 months to have something that we will be able to submit to the regulators, at least in Europe," Mundel told the Reuters Health Summit in New York.
"I see the promise as going much beyond that," he added.
Novartis agreed in January to spend $24 million to secure access to chip-in-a-pill technology developed by privately owned Proteus Biomedical of Redwood City, California, putting it ahead of rivals.
The biotech start-up's ingestible chips are activated by stomach acid and send information to a small patch worn on the patient's skin, which can transmit data to a smartphone or send it over the Internet to a doctor.
Mundel said the initial project was focused on ensuring that patients took drugs at the right time and got the dose they needed -- a key issue for people after kidney and other transplant operations, when treatment frequently needs adjustment.
Longer-term, he hopes to expand the "smart pill" concept to other types of medicine and use the wealth of biometric information the Proteus chip can collect, from heart rate and temperature to body movement, to check that drugs are working properly.
more at link...(Reuters) - Novartis AG plans to seek regulatory approval within 18 months for a... more
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When your doctor prescribes a drug it means you really need it, right? Wrong! In fact, every year, millions of Britons are given medicine that’s completely unnecessary or inappropriate.Quite apart from the huge waste this represents for the NHS (conservatively estimated at £400 million a year), these drugs can have harmful, even fatal side-effects — something the family of Mary McIlgorm, an 83-year-old from Barrow-in-Furness, in Cumbria, learned too late.
LINK : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1325663/Are-pills-dangerous-Overprescribing-rife-millions-given-drugs-dont-need.htmlWhen your doctor prescribes a drug it means you really need it, right? Wrong! In fact,... more
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This week a US study showed that a new contraceptive gel is set to revolutionise the birth control market. No longer will women across the world have to swallow pills, wear patches or get injections to stop those little tadpoles from impregnating them – all that is needed is a tiny 3mg dollop of the clear gel rubbed into the abdomen, thighs, arms or shoulders and is quickly absorbed, with no residue.
The recent tests was carried out at the not-for-profit Population Council research centre in New York, and involved 18 women in their 20s to 30s. Over seven months, none fell pregnant and the gel had "very high acceptability”. Not only is the gel efficient, but so far the tests have shown that women have suffered none of the usual annoying side effects of the pill such as nausea and weight gain. It’s also suitable for those who are breastfeeding, because unlike the Pill it doesn’t produce hormone levels that usually interfere with milk supply.
Preventing unwanted pregnancies is something that humans have been trying to do since the beginning of time. Here are some of the best and the worst attempts.
Scary history of birth control
1559 BC
Crocodile poo. Yes, that’s right, according to Ancient Egyptians writings some women believed that stuffing some crocodile dung into their vaginas would block the sperms. Medical ancient medical manuscript such as the Ebers Papyrus, described a method that might actually have worked; women were advised to grind dates, acacia tree bark, and honey together into a paste and apply it with seed wool to the vulva. Modern science has shown that, since acacia ferments into lactic acid, a well-known spermicide!
200 BC
The Greek gynaecologist Soranus (yes that was his name) knew that women were fertile during ovulation and promoted the rhythm method i.e. basing your sexual habits around the woman’s ovulation cycle, unfortunately Soranus incorrectly assumed that ovulation occurred during menstruation, rather than prior to it, oops. It wasn’t until the 1930s researchers were able to determine which days were safe to have sex using this method.
100 BC
Prostitutes in 1st-century BC are said to have ground their pelvises in a manner that increased their partner's pleasure, with the assumption that the movement simultaneously diverted the sperm away from the womb.
As well as dislodging the sperm by jumping backwards seven times after intercourse; and sitting down on bent knees in order to provoke sneezing!
100-500 AD
Women along the Mediterranean inserted sea sponges rinsed in acidic lemon juice or vinegar before intercourse, others used the scooped out lemon as a type of suppository.
1200-1400 AD
During the European dark ages it was dark indeed as superstition replaced science. European women sported amulets fashioned from a weasel's testicles, mule earwax, or a bone taken from the right side of a black cat. If the latter charm failed to work its magic it was simply “because the cat wasn't black enough."
1500 AD
Chastity belts, these devices—more shackles than belt —first appeared in Europe in the 15th century. They were designed to keep women sexually pure by making it physically impossible for them to have sex and conceive. The belts, which featured small openings to allow for urination and defecation, were often made in only one size, so larger women were forced to endure the pain of a tight fit. Chastity belts were also used to prevent masturbation.
1600-1800 AD
The mythical Dr Condom (Cundum or even Quondam) is believed to have been an English physician to whom the contraceptive of the same name is attributed, is said to have invented the sheath after Charles II became annoyed with the number of illegitimate children he had. By the 1800s most condoms were made from animal skin or intestines to prevent a syphilis infection. Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (1725-1798) was among the first to use condoms to prevent pregnancy. The famous womanizer called the condom an "English riding coat."
1840-1920 AD
In 1844, the American inventor Charles Goodyear (1800-1860) patented the vulcanization of rubber, which led to the mass production of condoms, as we now know them.
1925 AD
The first commercially produced diaphragm is made by Holland-Rantos in the USA, unlike the condom the woman can use it without the cooperation of her partner giving women for the first time, the control over her own contraceptive protection.
1960-now
The Pill arrived. Developed by Americans, but initially tested on Puerto Rican and Haitian women in the 1950s, the first version of the pill contained the hormones oestrogen and progestin, which were synthetically produced to mimic the body's natural hormones.
Take-up of the pill was fast and to this day more than 100 million women worldwide are believed to take the pill.
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One in five U.S. high school students say they have ever taken a prescription drug such as OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin, Adderall, Ritalin, or Xanax, without a physician's prescription, a new survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found.
Twelfth-graders had the highest likelihood of prescription drug abuse, at 26 percent, and ninth-graders had the lowest, at 15 percent. There was also variation by race; white students most commonly reported abusing prescription drugs, at 23 percent, followed by Hispanic students at 17 percent and black students at 12 percent.
The survey, officially called the 2009 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey, had never looked at prescription drug abuse among high school students before. It also examined other risk and nutrition-related behaviors.
The survey found that, among high school students, 72 percent had ever used alcohol. Marijuana use was reported among 37 percent of students. Data showed that 6.4 percent of students had ever used cocaine, 4.1 percent had ever used methamphetamine, and 6.7 percent had ever used ecstasy.
In terms of trends, fewer students reported drinking at least one soda per day than in 2007, and more said they ate fruit or drank 100 percent fruit juice two or more times a day. Fewer high school students said they engaged in unhealthy weight-loss behaviors such as not eating for 24 hours or more, taking diet pills or laxatives, and vomiting.One in five U.S. high school students say they have ever taken a prescription drug... more
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Oh Viagra.
Sure, Pfizer’s wonder pill has side effects such as headaches, facial flushing, upset stomach, erections lasting more than four hours, bluish or sudden loss of vision. There’s one more risk to the pill that grants erections: Hearing loss.
Research published this week in Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery showed an association between long-term hearing loss and Viagra.
This side effect is already acknowledged by Viagra - especially after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration forced this labeling changes for oral erectile dysfunction medicines known as PDE5 inhibitors in 2007.
The research conducted at the University of Alabama at Birmingham looked into the data based on 11,525 men. Men who self-reported hearing problems were twice more likely to indicate that they used erectile dysfunction medication.
While it’s difficult to establish cause and effect in an observational study, these findings indicate that the FDA labeling was warranted, said study author Gerald McGwin, a professor of epidemiology at the UAB School of Public Health, in a taped news release.
The association was present for long-term hearing loss after using Viagra, and to a lesser extent other ED drugs such as Cialis and Levitra. The sample sizes for the two latter drugs were smaller.
Since Viagra increases blood flow to the penis, perhaps the drug increases blood flow to the ear causing damage, McGwin hypothesized.Oh Viagra.
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'Not gonna try and sound all happy-go-lucky, like I never get low. I have my days where I have to search my brain for a reason to get out of bed. But I do worry when so many people expect to find all the right answers in a pill.
Sounds all too easy, and I hate that pharmaceutical companies are cashing in on our misery to the tune of billions.
http://www.henrycruz.com/?q=node/359'Not gonna try and sound all happy-go-lucky, like I never get low. I have my days... more
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This time last year, we were deep into production on "The OxyContin Express," the Vanguard documentary about prescription drug abuse and the pain clinics in South Florida that have become the source of a black market trade in pills.
While reporting, we came across one pain clinic whose reputation surpassed all others. Law enforcement in Kentucky and West Virginia had drawers full of seized pill bottles with its name and address. Prisoners and addicts from Florida to Appalachia spoke of the ease with which this clinic handed out large doses of Oxycodone and Xanax.
It was this reputation that led us to try and film the Palm Beach clinic, American Pain. If you’ve seen the piece, you know that led us to be chased by goons in luxury cars down I-95.
Long story short: Everyone knew about this place. Everyone, it turns out, including the DEA.
Last month, the federal Drug Enforcement Agency, along with the Broward County Sheriff’s Office and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, raided three pain clinics in Florida, including the clinic we were chased away from.
The Feds are working on a case against the clinic’s owners, twin brothers who the Miami Herald earlier reported have criminal records and no medical training.
Here are a few highlights from the civil forfeiture complaint that spells out the evidence prosecutors have gathered thus far:
A doctor at American Pain told an undercover agent how that clinic alone saw around 250 people/day from South Carolina, Ohio and Kentucky.
American Pain obtained over 2 million pills of Oxycontin in 2009.This figure does not include Oxycodone prescriptions written by American Pain doctors but filled elsewhere.
The average salary for the five doctors working at American Pain in 2009 was more than $1 million per year. Evidence points to the fact that they get paid according to how many patients they see. The more patients, the more money.
More than $14 million in cash deposits were made into American Pain bank accounts in 2009.
Of the top 20 doctor purchasers of oxy in the country, five worked at American Pain in 2009.
One of the brothers/owners reportedly piled up about $40 million in assets.
Here’s how the Florida daily, The Sun Sentinel, led their story about the investigation:
Chris and Jeff George drove flashy cars, amassed property and made multimillion-dollar deals, radiating wealth and success while clients of their pain clinics got high and, in some cases, died, federal prosecutors allege in documents filed in U.S. District Court.
Supporting the twin brothers' lavish lifestyle was a stream of dirty cash from drug traffickers who routed painkillers to Kentucky, Ohio and South Carolina, prosecutors allege.
While reporting "The OxyContin Express," Sgt. Richard Pisanti of the Broward County Sheriff’s Department compared the situation in South Florida to the Miami Vice days. "In the '80s and '90s cocaine was a big thing," he told us. "Now prescriptions have just exploded."
The difference is that in the '80s it was some Colombian drug lord supplying the goods. Today it’s doctor's offices that exploit loopholes in Florida's laws to maintain a thin veneer of legitimacy. Loopholes, it appears now, that are wide enough for a drug kingpin to amass a $40 million fortune.
As Kentucky Lt. Governor Daniel Mongiardo told us, "Pablo Escobar couldn't have had it any better."
But as it eventually did for Pablo, time might be running out for Florida's pill mills. The statistics speak for themselves. American Pain’s owners have yet to be charged, and they’ve reportedly hired a high profile defense attorney.
Even a conviction wouldn’t end illegal oxy dealing—but shutting down American Pain will almost certainly put a big dent in the number of pills handed out in Florida.
Watch "The OxyContin Express" after the jump below.
This time last year, we were deep into production on "The OxyContin... more
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Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller went to Dr. Phil today to tape an upcoming show about prescription drug abuse. The show will feature "The OxyContin Express", Vanguard's powerful one hour doc on the issue which launches the new season on Oct. 14. Dr. Phil's show will air earlier the same day.
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Thursday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show here on CURRENT TV on Tues, Thurs & Sats.
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Days without any mail.
It's impossible to please everyone.
Bang bang bang.
BUPA & PPP.
You don't need pills to listen to my show.
Every day you get a song.
Computer starts switching itsef off while at work.
A leaflet.
St Patricks night.
Put your feet up and close your eyes.
29 years djing.
Watch out for the sharp teeth.
We are about to put the clocks forward.
A peeping Tom.
Rolling back.
I get up at 9am.
The postman calls at different times.
Free Hips !
A technical issue.
People falling all over the place.
Goodbye Asthma.
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Depending upon funding, it appears that new methods for birth control are on the horizon —
for men. While men and women both have their thoughts about the ability for men to take
control over their sexual lives in a way that women have had since the 1960s, others may not
understand how this birth control might work, or how this transition of "power" might feel.
link:http://onlineultrasoundschool.com/2010/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-male-birth-control-pill/Depending upon funding, it appears that new methods for birth control are on the... more
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Sugar pills, injections of nothing -- studies show that, more often than you'd expect, placebos really work. At TEDMED, magician Eric Mead does a trick to prove that, even when you know something's not real, you can still react as powerfully as if it is. (Warning: This talk is not suitable for viewers who are disturbed by needles or blood.)Sugar pills, injections of nothing -- studies show that, more often than you'd... more
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