Oct 31, 2005
By: Michael Gorback M.D.
Placebojournal.com
Living here in Houston near all the refineries, it’s easy to understand why people would want to get rid of local chemical industries. That’s why I sympathize with those states that decided to put pseudoephedrine (PSE) behind the counter. Stay with me - there is a connection here between environmental [...]
Oct 28, 2005
By: Tim Christie
The Register-Guard (OR)
Harriet Miers’ withdrawal as a nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday means that Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s retirement is on hold for at least another few months.
And that could mean that O’Connor would cast a potentially decisive vote in support of Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law, say legal [...]
Oct 24, 2005
By: Radley Balko - Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute.
National Review Online
Today, Richard Paey sits in a wheelchair behind high walls and razor wire in a high-security prison near Daytona Beach. Paey is a 46-year-old father of three, and a paraplegic. His condition is the result of a car accident, a botched back [...]
Oct 20, 2005
By: Radley Balko, Policy analyst at the Cato Institute
November.org
Today, Richard Paey sits in a wheelchair behind high walls and razor wire in a high-security prison near Daytona Beach, Fla. Paey is a 46-year-old father of three, and a paraplegic. His condition is the result of a car accident, a botched back surgery and [...]
Oct 14, 2005
By: Marc Kaufman
The Washington Post (D.C.)
Pharmacies in black neighborhoods are much less likely to carry sufficient supplies of popular opioid painkillers than those in white neighborhoods, a new study has found, leading researchers to conclude that minorities are routinely undertreated for chronic pain.
The study found that the disparity between what is available to [...]
Oct 7, 2005
By: David Borden
Stopthedrugwar.org
What is it about opium? To listen to drug warriors these days, it is the lifeblood of terrorist organizations around the globe. Ohio Rep. Rob Portman lamented that Americans who spend money on heroin (made from Afghani opium) are financing the Taliban, who in turn protect terrorists like Osama bin Laden. [...]
