On AlterNet: prescription drugs
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "prescription drugs"
Marcus Stern, ProPublica. September 23, 2009.
One-fifth of his constituents have no health insurance, and more than half want a public option, but Blue Dog Mike Ross has held fast against it. Could a sweetheart deal be why?
Eugenia Tsao, CounterPunch. August 21, 2009.
Pharma companies have waded into helping us with life problems far beyond the biological -- they claim to cure our social maladies.
Jill Harris, AlterNet. June 12, 2009.
We must learn how to reduce the harms from drug use, including reducing the unconscionable and unnecessary number of deaths from overdose.
AlterNetOctober 17, 2008.
Find out how the candidates compare on health insurance, prescription drugs, obesity, veterans' health and more.
Isaiah J. Poole, Campaign for America's Future. August 25, 2008.
Reducing drug industry influence is critical to bringing skyrocketing prescription drug and health care costs under control.
Niko Karvounis, Health Beat. August 11, 2008.
To the pharmaceutical industry, "research" is just a code-word for "smart-sounding marketing."
Drug War ChronicleMarch 21, 2008.
Oxycontin, Lorcet, and other pain control drugs are the leading cause of the tens of thousands of annual drug overdoses -- why the silence?
Scott Thill, AlterNet. February 14, 2008.
The media pounced on his admitted love of weed and coke but did little to investigate the prescription drugs that did him in.
Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. January 9, 2008.
Many prescription drugs have effects similar to those of illegal drugs. But we still view some users as criminals -- the others as patients.
David Sirota, AlterNet: PEEK. May 9, 2007.
David Sirota: The Right goes to war...with itself.
