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Bad News about Big Pharma
I suppose that if there’s any large industry supporting Tobacco Control, it’s probably Big Pharma. In the first place, as far as I can see, Big Pharma is trying to convert the tobacco plant into a pharmaceutical product. If they … Continue reading
When Is The War On Tea Going To Start?
It always puzzles me that the first – and most potent – drug that I crave on waking at dawn is widely available in shops, freely advertised everywhere, consumed by both adults and children, and not deemed to be poisonous, … Continue reading
The Pill Poppers
Mail: EXCLUSIVE: Prince’s former drug dealer tells how the legend spent $40,000 at a time on six-month supplies of Dilaudid pills and Fentanyl patches – highly addictive opioid pain killers – for 25 years… The dealer said the musician suffered … Continue reading
Manby, Hillary, and Plimsoll
Purely out of slight interest while eating this evening, I was watching the BBC’s Shipwrecks: Britain’s Sunken History on BBC iplayer. It recounted the story of how, during the 19th century, all sorts of ways for saving the lives of shipwrecked … Continue reading
The Global War on Drugs Not Made By Big Pharma.
These days when I’m pretty fully engaged in resisting the Global War on Smoking, I tend to forget that the War on Smoking is part of a wider and more long lasting Global War on Drugs. So H/T Dick Puddlecote’s … Continue reading
Anti-Depressant-Driven, Suicidal, Homicidal, Lobotomized States
Last week, I started out thinking that the Germanwings air crash had most likely been caused by a sudden depressurization of the plane. But since the cockpit voice recorder was found, it’s emerged that the co-pilot locked himself in the … Continue reading
WHO downplays danger of secondhand smoke
Another article by Klaus K translated from the original Danish. ¤ Outdoor air pollution more dangerous than indoor tobacco smoke ¤ Do smoking bans protect against a non-existent disease risk? – OFFICIAL WHO RECOMMENDATIONS (Photo: Colourbox) First they said that indoor secondhand … Continue reading
