Is There Big Value in Addiction Fighting Pharmas?

Is There Big Value In Addiction Fighting Pharmas?

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These are two of the most over prescribed and over abused prescription drugs in the U.S.. Illegally manufactured methamphetamine has been a growing addiction and treatment problem in the United States for the past 15 years. Purdue Pharmaceuticals …
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Pocono social service agencies take big hits from state cuts

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Reductions in the recently approved state budget will force the three-county Drug and Alcohol Commission to provide detox, rehabilitation and outpatient follow up to 132 fewer people this year, Executive Director Rich Mroczka said. State funding, which …
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BP to Admit Crimes and Pay .5 Billion in Gulf Settlement

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The criminal fine is one of the largest ever levied by the United States against a corporation, roughly equal to the $ 1.3 billion fine paid by Pfizer in 2009 for illegally marketing an arthritis drug. BP has repeatedly said it would like to reach a …
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