The Dark Side of Acetaminophen
The dark side of acetaminophen
Canadians' lack of understanding, compounded by a culture of overmedicating, can turn a safe drug into something dangerous. Acetaminophen is often used in suicides — nearly 300 between 2000 and 2009, according to a Statistics Canada database — but …
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Legalizing marijuana in Minnesota: good idea?
Kevin Sabet, who served as the senior advisor at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy from 2009-11, spoke last week in Bloomington about the myths of marijuana. “America in many … 13 as Sabet – armed with statistics and studies to …
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Alcohol-free frosh weeks have failed
Gerald Thomas, a senior research and policy analyst at the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse, says drinking bans are a heavy-handed approach that can backfire because teenagers don't like being told what to do and are not deterred by the risks of …
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