Australia is home to some of the most well-attended festivals in the world. One such festival, Groovin the Moo, was held in Canberra last year. This festival was unique in that researches for public health policies made a groundbreaking decision: they were encouraging festival goers to test illegal substances. While it is certainly unconventional, it …
The opioid crisis has reached many different people. Opioid use is running rampant and people are becoming addicted and even dying from it. While this is seen all over the television and the news, there seem to be forgotten victims. These victims are the infants born to women who are addicted to opioids. Infant dependency …
On March 16, 2018 the Massachusetts Supreme Court gave the green light for consumers to pursue generic drug injury lawsuits against Merck & Co., Inc. and other companies that manufacture generic drugs for injuries resulting from generic versions of their medications. Due to a 2011 ruling by the Supreme Court, companies that manufacture generic medications …
The death penalty has proven to be one of the more hot-button social issues of recent years. Numerous states have taken action to curtail executions within their borders. Other states proceed with executions unimpeded by any law. The method and manner of executions have also drawn scrutiny. Various stories have emerged about the suffering of …
For many players in the National Football League, playing with pain has always been part of the game. However, as the game has changed, a greater emphasis has been placed on safety, as well as protecting the health of players. This has been seen not only with changes regarding concussion protocol, but also with various …
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a warning about adverse side-effects of a class of Type 2 diabetes drugs. The warning reported that in rare cases, taking the medications could result in a flesh-eating bacterial infection that attacks the genitals. The condition is known as Fournier’s gangrene. It developed in around …
Novartis Pharmaceutical and its generics division, Sandoz, have voluntarily recalled about 470,000 blister packs of haloperidol and other medications with similar blister packaging. Haloperidol is an antipsychotic medication that is used to treat schizoaffective disorders, Tourette’s disorder and children who are hyperactive. It was a child who triggered the Novartis and Sandoz drug recall when …
On June 5th, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a press release about how they recently issued an online opioid supplier warning to nine online networks comprised of 53 different websites about illegally marketing misbranded, unapproved and potentially dangerous versions of oxycodone, tramadol, and other opioid medications. According to the FDA, those that fail …
The ethical considerations behind the death penalty are always mired in sociopolitical controversy. While the death penalty may only be legal in 31 states, it is actually lawful in all 50 states (and the territories of the United States) under Federal law. All 31 state systems primarily administer a form of lethal injection with a …
A possible human carcinogen has been found in heart failure and blood pressure medications distributed across the U.S., leading three companies to voluntarily recall their products. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) explained in an announcement on July 13, 2018, that some medications containing the active ingredient valsartan have been contaminated with N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), …