What, beyond a team of university psychologists, could explain the mechanism of Donald Trump’s mind? In the early 1990s, two journalists thought they’d figured it out, claiming Trump was fighting his overwhelming fear of being fat with a steady stream of amphetamine-like diet pills.
In a recent government study, it was found that most people who abuse prescription painkillers don't actually purchase them through drug dealers—instead, they get them for free from friends and family.
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In New York City, the WSJ reports, prescriptions for (generic Oxycontin) have doubled in the past three years. Doubled! There are a million prescriptions in the city now, one for every eight people.
The Oregon Congressman who sent bizarre emails and pictures to his staff, David Wu, spoke with the AP about his rather odd behavior and it seems we have a culprit: The guy is a total pill head.
When arriving to jail in Florida to serve 30 days for drug possession, corrections officers asked Sara King if she had anything she's not supposed to have. She replied, "Just my pills in my vagina."
A massive new study appears to show that a daily dosage of common antiretroviral pill called Truvada to HIV-negative patients is 90 percent effective at preventing HIV infection. Terrific news! Too bad no one knows who'll pay for it.
A naked, sleepwalking pillhead has won a €10m libel case against his employer in Ireland.
Once-promising diet drug Qnexa was rejected by the Food and Drug Administration yesterday because its side effects can include "suicidal thoughts, heart palpitations, memory lapses and birth defects." Well, that sounds like every other drug commercial on TV, doesn't it?
Not to alarm you, but forces beyond your control are working right now to limit your right to be bombarded with ads for dick-hardening pills during every televised sporting event and prime time show. Sex-hating Puritans? Even worse: doctors.
People trying to smuggle contraband into jail should do some research before bringing goodies in. The Butt Smuggler failed. The prosthetic leg guy did, too. And a Florida man was just caught with "blue prescription pills" attached to his penis.
There are only so many ways you can say a show is brilliant and hilarious, so instead of saying how funny Archer is, we'll just show you. This week? Swapping xanax and oxycontin labels to confuse your servants.
The pharmaceutical industry takes a backseat to no one when it comes to graphic scaremongering. No one! This Pfizer ad drew dozens of complaints in the UK for being just nasty. Well, the truth hurts.
We've already debated the merits of various benzos and prescription amphetamines, and now Crain's is reporting that anti-anxiety prescriptions are up because of "uncertainties brought on by the financial crisis." Sure, honey.
