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Drug Implant Offers Hope for Chronic Pain September 5, 2001 A California Drug Manufacturer announced the results today for the second phase of clinical trials for Chronogesic, a "continuous infusion subcutaneous implant" for the treatment of chronic pain. Discuss This Article Read The Full Story

Salvia Divinorum Hits the Spotlight September 3, 2001 Well, it looks like the end may be nigh for legal Salvia in the United States, now that CNN has reported that the DEA is currently reviewing it to "see if it should be controlled". It's unclear at this point if it will end up being regulated because of the ongoing DEA information gathering, or as a result of all the stupid kids who will hear about salvia on places like CNN and end up doing something stupid. Discuss This Article Read The Full Story

OxyContin Ban Goes Too Far September 2, 2001 To some people, OxyContin is a "miracle drug." To others, it is "a major threat to public health." What's the solution? Florida Attorney General Bob Butterworth has one solution: Ban it. Discuss This Article Read The Full Story

US Awards $20 M Spray-Plane Contract to Bankrupt Company September 1, 2001 The US Gov't, as part of its $1.3 billion campaign to destroy the livelyhoods of poor Columbian farmers, awarded a $20 Million contract to Ayres Corp. of Albany, GA, to expand its fleet of crop-spraying planes. There's just one small snag -- Ayres declared bankruptcy and has shut down its assembly line. Discuss This Article Read The Full Story

China Reports Increase in Opium Seizures August 30, 2001 Drug arrests in China rose 15.4 percent in the first half of the year and seizures of opium more than doubled, the official news agency said Sunday on the eve of a major anti-drug meeting with its heroin-producing neighbors. Discuss This Article Read The Full Story

US Worried about Opium Crops in Columbia August 19, 2001 While Colombia grows only 2 percent of the world's opium poppies, its heroin accounts for 66 percent of all U.S. seizures, according to the DEA. And with Afghanistan's Islamic Taliban rulers outlawing poppies in a country that produced 70 percent of the world's heroin last year, Colombian traffickers may be tempted to fill the gap. After pumping $1.3 billion in U.S. aid into a Colombian counter-narcotics offensive largely targeted on cocaine, U.S. officials are now paying increasing attention to a drug once considered almost outdated. Discuss This Article Read The Full Story

ONDCP Force-Feeding American Children August 16, 2001 Critics concerned about the impact of Channel One -- the company that put television sets in schools and broadcasts commercials for unhealthful drinks and snacks along with news programming -- have something new to worry about. Captive-audience children in thousands of schools across the nation aren't just being exposed to a couple of minutes of commercials along with their "three Rs." It turns out they are also getting a super-sized serving of government propaganda. Discuss This Article Read The Full Story

Speak Out: NEJM Attacks "Partisan" Drug Sites August 11, 2001 The current issue of the New England Journal of Medicine features a research letter describing a "study" of "partisan" drug information web sites and the accuracy of the information they contain. "Partisan", to the authors, apparently means only those favoring drug reform. Government and other drug-war sites apparently were considered "objective". Apart from the obvious bias of the 'study', the information they present is often inaccurate, taken out of context, or questionable at best. To find out what you can do, click on the link below. Discuss This Article Read The Full Story