Tag Archives: Phenols

Is Eating Marijuana Indeed Riskier Than Smoking It?

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As more states are on the way to legalizing medical marijuana, a different pot conversation has heated up: The potential health risks of consuming marijuana-infused edibles. The New York Times’...

New painkiller ‘Zohydro’ raises more questions than answers

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A consortium of health professionals, law enforcement officials, and addiction specialists is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to stop a new drug called Zohydro due its risks.Zohydro, a...

Ohio executes convicted killer using new two-drug procedure

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Ohio is the first state in the U.S. to use a new two-drug procedure in executions. 53-year old Dennis McGuire, convicted of raping and killing a pregnant woman in 1989, was executed on Thursday at...
    






FDA says acetaminophen doses over 325 mg causes liver damage

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Medicines are a gift to the world. But take too much of it, and it will backfire.It has been hotly debated that taking unmonitored doses of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs can cause harmful side effects...
    






Hydrocodone Dispensation being Limited by FDA

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In what looked to be a radical step in the right direction, the FDA has finally decided to severely curtail the sale of hydrocodone painkillers. The addiction that this drug causes is in the same...

Flesh-Eating Drug Hits The US

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Krokodil is a very deadly drug that eats the flesh of its user. This dangerous flesh-eating drug first surfaced in Russia more than ten years ago. And now it has made its way to the United States as...