Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with drug_abuse www.salem-news.com 2010 Conducting a presentation on Ohio's Pill Mill Bill, Danna Droz with the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy states that she has no financial interest or conflict of interest in the context of the subject matter of this presentation. However it appears that Ms. Droz has forgotten about an ethics investigation relating to her ties to the maker of OxyContin, Purdue Pharma. http://salem-news.com/articles/february042012/osycontin-ohio-ms.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february042012/osycontin-ohio-ms.php Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:32:00 PST Nassau County, New York has sounded the alarm -- they are experiencing a prescription drug abuse problem and are "taking the lead" in the nation and are forming an allegiance. This joint effort is with Nassau County's Prescription Drug Misuse and Abuse Prevention Task Force, InfraGard (an FBI public/private partnership) as well as the Long Island Pharmacy Crimes Task Force to run a Pharmacist Security Summit. http://salem-news.com/articles/january222012/suffolk-drugs-ms.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january222012/suffolk-drugs-ms.php Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:18:00 PST An untimely plane crash recently killed key members of a team working on behalf of a convicted pill mill doctor and nurse team. Now attorneys petition Appellate Court to toss out their convictions in the overdose deaths of 68 patients citing their trial lawyers were merely "mouthpieces" for Siobhan Reynolds, head of the Pain Relief Network who used their case to promote her own agenda. http://salem-news.com/articles/january092012/schneider-sentence-ms.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january092012/schneider-sentence-ms.php Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:32:00 PST With regard to Darvon or Darvocet, confirmed cause of 2,000+ accidental deaths, Dr. Sidney Wolfe: “It is an extremely dangerous drug, and it's just reckless for any company to be selling it, and it's reckless in the extreme for the FDA to allow this...” http://salem-news.com/articles/january062012/sidney-wolfe-ms.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january062012/sidney-wolfe-ms.php Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:23:00 PST Several years ago, the FDA pulled a dangerous drug off the market after only 5 months called Palladone -- marketed by Purdue Pharma. The FDA needs to protect the American people against another potentially dangerous drug being pushed by Purdue Pharma called Intermezzo. Here is Intermezzo's scary story. http://salem-news.com/articles/december182011/fda-protection.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december182011/fda-protection.php Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:05:00 PST It is widely known that we are experiencing a prescription drug epidemic in every state in the country. This is being fueled by people wanting to feed their drug habits and doctor shopping or robbing pharmacies for their drugs of choice. http://salem-news.com/articles/december102011/oxy-realities-ms.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december102011/oxy-realities-ms.php Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:20:00 PST Is the American Medical Association a friend or foe in the prescription drug epidemic -- as White House "drug czar", R. Gil Kerlikowske comes face to face with the "grim reaper", J. David Haddox, DDS, MD, responsible for the OxyContin epidemic in the U.S. and Canada? The AMA will be assisting physicians in preventing the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs. http://salem-news.com/articles/december042011/purdue-grim-reaper-ms.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december042011/purdue-grim-reaper-ms.php Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:27:00 PST Independent experts question the ‘official suicide death’ of decorated Marine Corps Colonel James E. Sabow at MCAS El Toro, California. A number of unsolved ‘suicides’ and more likely outright murders followed the violent death of this straight arrow Marine. http://salem-news.com/articles/november302011/shadow-govt-ro.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november302011/shadow-govt-ro.php Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:05:00 PST In August, a national law enforcement agency advised me that William T. Winsley, Chairperson of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, had accepted a $1 million check from Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContiin. Mr. Winsley was also the Executive Director of the State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy. An ethical inside source from Ohio encouraged me to write about what was considered accepting "blood money" from the company responsible for the epidemic of death and addiction in Ohio and every state as well as Canada -- Purdue Pharma. http://salem-news.com/articles/november272011/purdue-money-ms.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november272011/purdue-money-ms.php Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:46:00 PST This past week I attended the South Carolina Prescription Drug Abuse Summit in Columbia, SC. It was very well attended by law enforcement and the medical profession. Opening remarks into the drug problem in South Carolina were given by US Attorney Bill Nettles, Attorney General Alan Wilson and from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), William W. Douglas and Joseph T. Rannazzisi. http://salem-news.com/articles/november202011/sc-drugs-ms.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november202011/sc-drugs-ms.php Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:02:00 PST Is the FDA protecting the American consumer from a "major public health crisis" with serious harm from opioids -- or are they allowing the pharmaceutical companies such as Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin -- to continue the addiction, misuse, abuse, overdose and death throughout the US and Canada? http://salem-news.com/articles/november132011/fda-protections-ms.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november132011/fda-protections-ms.php Sun, 13 Nov 2011 02:00:00 PST I have a problem with any website funded by a pharmaceutical company who criminally marketed a dangerous drug - OxyContin. This past week I wrote two articles regarding partnership@drugfree.org and their ties to the pharmaceutical company, Purdue Pharma - maker of OxyContin. http://salem-news.com/articles/november052011/drug-free-ruse-ms-3.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november052011/drug-free-ruse-ms-3.php Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:43:00 PDT Partnership for Drugfree.org preys on the emotions of family members losing loved ones to the prescription drug epidemic as they support Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin. The same Purdue Pharma responsible for criminally marketing the drug and unleashing death and addiction throughout the U.S. and Canada by having them as a sponsor of their organization. I recently wrote about the Partnership for Drugfree.org and their distorted statistics as to the prescription drug epidemic we are experiencing in every state in the U.S. and Canada. http://salem-news.com/articles/november032011/purdue-partnership-ms.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november032011/purdue-partnership-ms.php Thu, 03 Nov 2011 04:27:00 PDT The Partnership at Drugfree.org was launched in 1987 and makes some self-serving statements concerning its "public education campaign" -- but is it bogus? Are bereaved families of dead victims of the epidemic of prescription drugs being lied to? http://salem-news.com/articles/october312011/drug-free-america-ms.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october312011/drug-free-america-ms.php Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:15:00 PDT Have you not asked yourself why vitamins (!) are suddenly an issue and who is behind it? As food is increasingly degraded, are you not aware how crucial supplementation for vital nutrients is? http://salem-news.com/articles/october152011/vitamin-study-ag.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october152011/vitamin-study-ag.php Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:29:00 PDT I am a living example of Zyprexa gone/done wrong was given it 1996-2000 off-label for PTSD got sudden high blood sugar A1C 14.7 in January 2000.The stuff was worthless for my condition PTSD and cost me thousands in co-pays gave me diabetes. Eli Lilly has made $40 billion on Zyprexa and it was way oversold and caused diabetes and in some cases sudden death. http://salem-news.com/articles/october032011/zyprexa-lilly-dh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october032011/zyprexa-lilly-dh.php Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:02:00 PDT Normal functioning humans, working for any government bureaucracy, often undergo a mystical transformation upon entering their workplace. They change into dysfunctional beings. “The system” makes this occur randomly or all the time. Almost everything has been said and written about “Operation Gun Walker” or “Fast and Furious”; the latest government ‘snafu’ where government agents became creative in a way to “catch” cartel folks. Each day the story seems to grow and branch in a different direction. http://salem-news.com/articles/september182011/fast-furious-ns.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september182011/fast-furious-ns.php Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:36:00 PDT Border Patrol agent Brian Terry’s murder at the hands of Mexican criminals carrying at least one weapon from the ATF’s “Operation Fast and Furious” brought that awful program to a screeching halt. The straw purchaser who secured the weapon carried by Terry’s killers, a 23-year-old Phoenix man named Jamie Avila, is now on trial for gun-trafficking offenses. Agent Terry’s family asked to be granted status as crime victims, so they could talk with prosecutors and speak at Avila’s sentencing. It’s a routine request… but to the surprise of many observers, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Arizona has denied them. http://salem-news.com/articles/september172011/agent-terry-jh.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september172011/agent-terry-jh.php Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:01:00 PDT The United States govt. is continuing to frustrate Mexican officials, who have been battling extremely violent drug cartels in their country for the last three decades. Mexico through diplomatic channels, has recently asked the United States to share with them all the available information and documentation concerning covert operations being conducted in their country by US military personal. http://salem-news.com/articles/september142011/holder-lies-2-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september142011/holder-lies-2-tk.php Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:18:00 PDT A small but growing proxy war is underway in Mexico pitting US-assisted assassin teams composed of elite Mexican special operations soldiers against the leadership of an emerging cadre of ruthless independent drug organizations. Sources tell Narco News these US supported Mexican assassin teams are, under Pentagon command, helping to identify targets for the Mexican hit teams. http://salem-news.com/articles/august282011/us--drug-war-bc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august282011/us--drug-war-bc.php Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:58:00 PDT Los Zetas use the Alliance Airport in Ft. Worth, Texas -the same airport where the DEA’s Air Operations Center is located- to fly weapons to Columbus, NM., El Paso, and Laredo, TX. These were later smuggled into Mexico. CIA analysts say U.S. Government weapons are being stockpiled throughout Mexico for a potential upcoming overthrow of the Mexican government in 2012. http://salem-news.com/articles/july202011/los-zetas-ca.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july202011/los-zetas-ca.php Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:24:00 PDT Salem-News.com revelations of Attorney General Eric Holder's knowledge about a federal gun smuggling ring - one that placed deadly weapons in the hands of already deadly Mexican drug cartels, has been making the rounds. It might be the only story I know of that made the cut on FOX News and The Mike Malloy Show. That isn't easy to do. http://salem-news.com/articles/july142011/holder-folo-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july142011/holder-folo-tk.php Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:23:00 PDT A new LA Times Blog article questions whether high-profile suspects in Mexican drug cartels are doubling as paid informants for U.S. federal investigators. 'Fast and Furious' scandal grows with revelation that Mexican cartel suspects may be paid U.S. informants raises the specter of a brewing scandal in Washington implicating more U.S. agencies in the ongoing drug-related violence in Mexico. http://salem-news.com/articles/july122011/latimes-cartel-atf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july122011/latimes-cartel-atf.php Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:59:00 PDT The acting head of ATF has seemingly blown the cover of both DEA and FBI informant operations in order to spare his own neck and to deflect blame away from a badly flawed operation undertaken by his own agency. In doing so, ATF Acting Director Kenneth Melson has also left open the door to the house of mirrors that always comes into play when U.S. interests intersect with foreign affairs. http://salem-news.com/articles/july122011/atf-spooks-bc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july122011/atf-spooks-bc.php Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:42:00 PDT Earlier this week we told you about serious developments in the cartel border wars that involve American forces operating in Mexico. The article presented information concerning smuggling operations to various criminal organizations operating in northern Mexico. The implications are grim and the Obama Administration has little to offer. http://salem-news.com/articles/july012011/plumlee-feds-meeting-tk_.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july012011/plumlee-feds-meeting-tk_.php Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:30:00 PDT The above quotation applies to the Tsunami of OxyContin addiction and death in every state in the country when Purdue Pharma obtains approval for clinical trials of non-malignant pain in children -- ages 6 to 17 -- beginning in September 2011. I wrote about these clinical trials that were being driven by Purdue Pharma and made a comparison of Purdue Pharma's physician, Dr. Deborah Steiner and Dr. Josef Mengele, the "angel of death" under Adolf Hitler. http://salem-news.com/articles/june122011/oxycontin-tsunami-ms.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june122011/oxycontin-tsunami-ms.php Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:14:00 PDT In June 2010, I wrote about Lisa Humphrey, MD at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Ohio who was quoted as saying: "Recognizing and treating pain in children can be a challenge. Unlike adults, kids may not cry or complain when in pain." http://salem-news.com/articles/june052011/ohio-oxycontin-ms.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june052011/ohio-oxycontin-ms.php Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:47:00 PDT When young women and girls began vanishing in Ciudad Juarez about two decades ago, Esmeralda Castillo was not even born. But in 2009, the 14-year-old middle school student joined the ranks of the disappeared. “She was a normal girl, just like the rest,” Jose Luis Castillo, Esmeralda’s father, said in an interview. http://salem-news.com/articles/may172011/generations-disappeared.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may172011/generations-disappeared.php Tue, 17 May 2011 02:09:00 PDT Many legislators in Congress still do not get it! The largest contributing factor in the outrageous cost of prescription drugs is advertising and promotion, estimated to be about 37% of the price we pay for those drugs. More money is spent on lobbying, advertising and promotion by the pharmaceutical industry than is spent on research and development. http://salem-news.com/articles/may122011/other-cartel-pj.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may122011/other-cartel-pj.php Thu, 12 May 2011 15:52:00 PDT As momentum builds for the May 8 protest against violence and impunity in Mexico, the Zapatista National Liberation Army announced its support for the movement started by poet Javier Sicilia. In a communiqué dated April 28, the EZLN leadership declared it would wholeheartedly support the struggle by conducting a silent march of Zapatista base communities in the Chiapas highland city of San Cristobal de las Casas on May 7. http://salem-news.com/articles/may032011/drug-war.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may032011/drug-war.php Tue, 03 May 2011 15:43:00 PDT