drugs

  1. Doomer Doug

    CRIME UPS Drug Ring Gets Busted After Decade of Operation

    I'm glad that America is still the land of opportunity and all it takes is a UPS Truck, a source at the airport and some chutzpah! I talk with the local UPS driver all the times, and have known him for at least the last 15 years. Now I know why he was always so cheerful!:kaid...
  2. MinnesotaSmith

    ECON Legal pot companies ALL about to be in BIG trouble

    I have long thought that what would take them down would be 1) the Feds making it tough for them to operate (via IRS rules, severely discouraging banks touching them, etc.) and 2) state taxes/fees being so high that illegal growers and sellers would still have most of the market. Both of these...
  3. Melodi

    HEALTH A Former Industry Insider Reveals How Drug Companies Jack Up Prices

    I know this publication may be a bit liberal but this interview with a former industry insider is really interesting and shows how at least one company morphed from an ethos of creating medications to a money making machine - it is one person's perspective but really enlighting (or at least I...
  4. Jubilee on Earth

    HEALTH Help me check my math... is this right?

    So I made this meme to share on social media, and to hopefully get others to share around as well. My husband takes this medication for his migraines each month. We typically have a copay, but since we reached our out-of-pocket max this year, our cost has been zero since October. But as I was...
  5. H

    INTL Crime/Intl - Mexican soldiers seize 140 pounds of fentanyl at US border

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexican-soldiers-seize-140-pounds-fentanyl-us-border-132705903.html Mexican soldiers seize 140 pounds of fentanyl at US border Associated Press • August 22, 2017 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Soldiers in northern...
  6. H

    CRISIS How Mexican Cartels Prey on Chicago's Chaos

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://www.thedailybeast.com/how-mexican-cartels-prey-on-chicagos-chaos CARTEL WATCH How Mexican Cartels Prey on Chicago's Chaos As Mexico’s cartels manage to get more and more heroin into the U.S. each year, Chicago’s gangs are...
  7. Melodi

    HEALTH 'Extraordinary' new cancer drug appears to cure a third of terminal lymphoma patients in s

    I'm posting this because the amazing results were in human trials, not on rats or something; on the other hand note the swipe at Brexit the "journalist" could not resist (aka the UK will now have to wait in line for larger markets). I also have to wonder just what the price tag on this will be...
  8. lgsracer

    GOV/MIL TRICARE dropping CVS Pharmacies 1 DEC 2016

    Heads up active duty and retirees! Your Choice of TRICARE® Retail Pharmacies Changes Dec. 1, 2016 Express Scripts will add Walgreens to the TRICARE retail pharmacy network. CVS pharmacies will no longer be in the network. Please take action to begin transferring your prescription drugs to a...
  9. Melodi

    HEALTH Insane rise in cost of insulin has doctors and diabetics scrambling...

    I see this on the eve of my appointment tomorrow to see if I need to transition to using this; after years the other medications and diets are not quite doing their job. NOW I know why my father in law told my husband that in the US, they "can't afford" to do the superior one-shot treatment...
  10. paul bunyan

    HEALTH Cognitive Decline Reversal and Methods Used on Humans

    Hi Troops: As a follow-up to my previous thread on possible methods for life extension I would like to share an interesting small study that attempts to reverse cognitive decline in a few individuals. Various techniques, drugs and herbs are used by the individuals who participated under the...
  11. paul bunyan

    LEGAL DEA Almost Reschedules MJ.... BUT NO Cigar

    :screw: DEA Has posted new regulations to the Federal Register concerning the legal uses of Marijuana. No, they did not reclassify to Schedule II, which would make it legal to prescribe. It was left at Schedule I, which means " no current medically accepted uses " so keep your drug seeking...
  12. paul bunyan

    HEALTH Cheap(er) Medication Source Reminder

    Hey Guys, Do you want to lower your medication bill and decrease MD office visit cost's ??:popcorn1: Go to the Corkboard and read Night Drivers Post on Medicare costs/ problems with signing up. I have include the name of a wonderful online Rx that may save you a ton of dough! Let the public...
  13. H

    OP-ED Watch Out, America: Mexico May Be the Next Failed State

    For links see article source..... Posted for fair use..... http://nationalinterest.org/feature/watch-out-america-mexico-may-be-the-next-failed-state-12142 Watch Out, America: Mexico May Be the Next Failed State Drugs, corruption and vigilantes. Should America be scared? Ted Galen Carpenter...
  14. lgsracer

    SCI THE DRUGS OF WAR

    Long but a good and interesting read. Too long to post, (you are allowed 35000 words and this is 46241), go to the link and read the whole thing. THE DRUGS OF WAR by J.R. Dunn http://www.baen.com/drugsofwar.asp Combat drugs are far from unknown in SF. Usually they take the form of a...
  15. R

    FOOD Inhalable Caffeine to Hit Stores in January

    Can't start your day without a strong cup of coffee? One company has taken the notion of a caffeine addict to the next level by offering an inhalable alternative, which they promise has the same instant pick-me-up as a cup of joe. According to an article from NPR's blog The Salt, this new...
  16. J

    7/12 News from south of border=recommend read

    Very informative report today, don't miss the last one.
  17. J

    7/8/10 New from South of the Border/nafbpo

    Posted: 08 Jul 2010 08:12 AM PDT NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERS Visit our website: http://www.nafbpo.org Foreign News Report The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers (NAFBPO) extracts and condenses the material that follows from Mexican and Central and...
  18. C

    CRIME US Drug War Has Met None Of It's Goals

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100513/ap_on_re_us/failed_drug_war AP IMPACT: US drug war has met none of its goals MARTHA MENDOZA, Associated Press – 1 hr 38 mins ago MEXICO CITY – After 40 years, the United States' war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for...
  19. F

    BLOG Rush Limbaugh moving to Costa Rica if Health Care Insurance Passes?

    WTF? Limbaugh is threatening to move to Costa Rica if some kind of health care insurance bill is passed by congress and signed by President Obama? Costa Rica, with it's government run health care system and legal prostitution? Really? How are the Costa Ricans on opiates? My guess would be...
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