KV Pharmaceuticals has made a lot of money for itself and its investors recently. It obtained a government sanctioned monopoly to make and distribute a drug to help prevent premature births. Additionally, it's not even a new drug...or even their drug. They bought it from someone else and didn't even have to pay unless/until FDA approval was ( Read more... )

Mexicans flee drug violence at US border.
No one knows how many residents have left the city of 1.4 million since a turf battle over border drug corridors unleashed an unprecedented wave of cartel murders and mayhem. Business leaders, citing government tax information, say the exodus could number 110,000, while a municipal group and local ( Read more... )

There are some drugs which are no better than poison. Even if you favor the legalization of some drugs, as I do, you should recognize that not all drugs are safe.
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A southeast Missouri man who drew global attention for his documentary about how methamphetamine hopelessly ravaged his body died Monday still optimistic his film steers ( Read more... )

A little girl dies in Massachusetts.
HULL, Mass. (AP) - In the final months of Rebecca Riley's life, a school nurse said the little girl was so weak she was like a "floppy doll." The preschool principal had to help Rebecca off the bus because the 4-year-old was shaking so badly. And a pharmacist complained that Rebecca's mother kept coming up with ( Read more... )