Illegal drug usage in older people reduces quality of life: Research

Health and social services are facing a new challenge, as many illicit drug users get older and face chronic health problems and a reduced quality of life. That is one of the key findings of research published in the September issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

McDonnell unveils plan to privatize Va. liquor sales, but skeptics question taxes

RICHMOND -- As Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell unveiled his signature proposal to privatize the state's 76-year monopoly on the sale of distilled spirits Wednesday, he presented the plan as a fulfillment of a campaign promise to find money for transportation without raising taxes. Privatization - Business - United States - Virginia - Hospitality

New Patient Safety Alliance Launches Tools to Fight Pain Medication Misuse and Abuse

ST. LOUIS & LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The C.A.R.E.S. Alliance, a new patient safety organization, today launched a range of online tools designed to help solve the growing problem of misuse and abuse of opioids by identifying the risks associated with these powerful pain medications. The free resources offered through the C.A.R.E.S. (Collaborating & Acting Responsibly to Ensure Safety ...

FDA Faults Green Tea Claims

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just warned the makers of two green tea drinks to discontinue its unauthorized nutrient claims, said the LA Times, which noted that this is another in the agency’s efforts to put an end to misleading food labeling. The FDA’s warning to the Dr Pepper Snapple Group indicated that the [...]

Officials discuss horrors, successes of meth battle

When it comes to the battle to reduce clandestine production of methamphetamine, Robert Bovett has been there.

Consortium of ADHD Organizations Join Forces for ADHD Awareness Week, September 13-17

Persistent myths about Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder damage public perception of the 4% to 9% of the population grappling with this devastating condition. The nation's four leading ADHD organizations seek to end the stigma, once and for all. NEW YORK, Sept. 8/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Four national organizations - ADHD Coaches Organization (ACO); Attention Deficit Disorder Association ...

Prop. 19 dangerous to residents, catastrophic to economy

The Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010, now known as Proposition 19, is on the ballot for the upcoming November election. As a police chief I encourage you to review the initiative and join me in voting "no."

Consumers Warned Off Estrella Family Creamery Cheeses

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just issued a warning to consumers about Estrella Family Creamery cheeses, saying that all lots of Estrella cheeses put consumers at risk for Listeria monocytogenes. This includes soft, semi-soft, semi-hard, and hard. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail [...]

European Regulators Urged to Pull Avandia

We recently wrote that emerging research has added to the growing body of evidence linking the diabetes drug Avandia (generic: rosiglitazone) to increased adverse health risks. That issue is cardiac, according to the LA Times. Now, the Wall Street Journal writes that the British Medical Journal just said that Avandia maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC should not [...]

Experts see rise in misuse of dangerous prescription drugs

Liz Jorgensen, a Ridgefield drug and alcohol counselor, has sent 30 to 40 area young people to inpatient rehab for prescription drug addiction in the last year.