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Whitney Houston`s Toxicology Report...

What's going on (or not) Medical Automatism can kill.

(MOLALLA, OR) - Before I start out, I’d like everyone to know that I am a Forensic Toxicologist, that is, I have operated, myself, a poison detection laboratory and I have testified in court over 400 times on all sorts of poison cases, homicide, suicide, accidental overdose, and Medical misadventure (wrong drug or wrong dose).

In writing this, I think I know something about the toxicology procedures from start to finish.

Deadly Conflict of Interest in Nova Scotia Over Prescription Drug Monitoring?

"Our hopes are high. Our faith in the people is great. Our courage is strong. And our dreams for this beautiful country will never die." Pierre Trudeau

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - In July 2011, I wrote about the maker of OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, keeping the drugs flowing in Nova Scotia as a huge epidemic of death, addiction and abuse is being fought.

Actress Demi Moore Hospitalized for Drug Consumption

Drug addiction has become a popular playing card for a big part of young people around the world.

(MADRID, Spain) - Demi Moore was rushed to the emergency room due to serious problems caused by the consumption of drugs by the actress. Recently, Ashton Kutcher and Demi divorced. The break up was not easily taken in by the 49 year old actress.

The actress’ poor health conditions are also due to the cruel demise of being an aged actress in Hollywood.

Conflicting Interests in Ohio Over OxyContin - Part 2

"Actions are visible -- though motives are secret." Samuel Johnson

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - Last week I wrote about pharmacist turned attorney Danna Droz, with the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy.

Conflicting Interests in Ohio Over OxyContin

“Anything is better than lies and deceit!” - Leo Tolstoy

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - 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.

Marianne Skolek Named `Investigative Reporter` by Salem-News.com

The title is an appropriate, overdue move in our history.

(SALEM) - As a dedicated writer, Marianne Skolek, who has generated 130 articles for Salem-News.com, has been named 'Investigative Reporter' by the group's News Editor, Tim King.

Marianne's first article, Losing a Loved One to Hillybilly Heroin - OxyContin, was published in July 2009.

Prescription Drug Abuse Battle in Nassau County Turns Deadly, Reaches Epidemic Proportions

"Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest." Benjamin Franklin

(SEAFORD, NY) - 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.

Can a Fatal Plane Crash Free the Schneider Pill Mill Team?

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Martin Luther King, Jr.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - 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.

Is Intelligence Compromised by Working with FDA on Safety Issues?

It's obvious that intellectual ability is a threat to the tools working for the pharmaceutical industry within the FDA.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - 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...”

Has Sri Lanka`s Government-Sponsored Terrorism Hit the Lowest Low Ever?

British national murdered, Russian woman raped at Tangalla; allegedly by a local politician backed by a gang...

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - The murder of Kuram Shaikah Zaman, a prosthetic expert with the Red Cross who worked in Gaza, is alleged to have been carried out by a local politician.

The death has led to sharp criticism over the failure of the Sri Lankan government to maintain law and order and also for encouraging lawlessness and criminal behaviour.