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Are Prescription Drug Ads More Harm Than Help?
Chances are you've seen more prescription drug commercials than you can count — Viagra, Cymbalta, Celebrex, and Yaz are just a few that I can name from memory. The ads are pervasive and influential and pharmaceutical companies know that. From 1997 to 2005, drug companies tripled their spending in television ad campaigns from $1.3 billion to $4.2 billion.
UK Report Calls Date-Rape Drug a Myth
Well this is depressing. A UK Daily Mail article titled Date-Rape Drug? No Dear, You Just Had Too Much to Drink claims that date-rape drugs are mostly an urban myth.
Coasters That Detect Date-Rape Drugs in Drinks
Getting reminders that there are predatory men out there willing to spike your drink with date-rape drugs kinda keeps me from ever wanting to leave my apartment again, but at least for the brave bar flies out there, there are now coasters that can be used to detect two "popular" date-rape drugs, GHB (aka "Roofies") and ketamine.
Some bars are willing to fork over the 40 cents-per-coaster to hand these out to women so that they feel safe enough to drink at their bars. It's pretty shocking that this is common enough that a whole industry has been built around it.
Book Bag: This Is Your Country On Drugs
Americans are so addicted to drugs that our government had to declare war on them! This Is Your Country On Drugs: The Secret History of Getting High in America, a new book by Ryan Grim, explores the unlikely consequences of the so-called War on Drugs. Some examples?
Jake Gyllenhaal Finds Coffee, but No Love on Set
Jake Gyllenhaal was all business other than his footwear — sandals with socks — on the set of Love and Other Drugs in Pittsburgh, PA yesterday. The actor isn't letting himself go after training for his role in Prince of Persia as we saw from his sleeveless wardrobe last week, but this time he kept his toned biceps under wraps. Reese is a few short hours away on her own movie set in Philadelphia, but the two lovebirds are no strangers to popping in to visit each other while they're hard at work.
It's Bring Your Muscles to Work Day For Jake
Jake Gyllenhaal showed off his strong arms while on the set of Love and Other Drugs in Pittsburgh yesterday. He's reuniting with his Brokeback Mountain costar Anne Hathaway for the film, which is about a pharmaceutical rep who falls in love with a woman who has Parkinson's disease. Jake's real life partner Reese is across the state filming How Do You Know?
Is the War on Drugs Being Waged From the Wrong Battlefront?
Just consider me Mary Poppins this morning: a little sweet Prince William to help the War on Drugs go down. The Prince is on the front lines of the battle — the warship the Prince is serving on just seized $80 million worth (almost two tons) of cocaine from a speedboat just north of Barbados.
William's ship is patrolling the waters of the West Indies looking for drug runners, and this score came early on in their mission.
Drug Traffickers Blow by the US, Head for Euros
Drug traffickers now join rappers and models who have been ditching the dollar for the more exquisite euro.
White House drug officials announced this week that cocaine is being rerouted from the US and heading through Venezuela to West Africa eventually reaching its final destination — Europe.
With such a weak dollar, drug dealers have more to make by hustling in the Old World.
Anal Beer Bongs, Vodka-Soaked Tampons (Those Crazy Teens!)
What is going on with today's teens? I just read a study that said there's been a 76 percent rise in emergency room visits between 1998 -2005 among teens who are abusing ADHD drugs like Adderall. (They crush the meds, which may or may not have been prescribed to them, snort them, and can experience side effects that mimic cardiac arrest.)
And now, a news report says that not only are many teens abusing alcohol and drugs — they're delivering those substances to their systems in bizarre and harmful ways.
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