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Site description: Prohibition of drugs, as with alcohol, has been a failure. Outright legalization, as with alcohol and tobacco, would also be a failure. What is needed is a middle ground, a true policy of "decriminalization." Specific proposals are examined here.
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| Previous 10 | The David Healy Affair | http://www.pharmapolitics.com/ The David Healy Affair | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Medical/Drug_Safety David Healy is an expert in psychiatric medicine. His job offer was abruptly rescinded due to claims he made about Prozac causing suicidal behaviour in a small percentage of cases. Some say this was due to pressure from Prozac's manufacturer. Site contains the contested lecture, letters and a transcript of a documentary. |
| Previous | Drugging America | http://www.druggingamerica.com Drugging America | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal Promotional site for a book. Government whistleblowers reveal the truth associated with the war on drugs, the CIA's history of drug trafficking, and widespread coverups and judicial abuses. |
| Random 1 | Clinton orders Medicare to cover new costs for clinical trials | http://cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/06/07/clinton.medicare.ap/index.html Clinton orders Medicare to cover new costs for clinical trials | Top/News/Online_Archives/CNN.com/2000/June/Politics [CNN] |
| Random 2 | Beelowac | http://www.beelowwac.com/ Beelowac | Top/Business/Biotechnology_and_Pharmaceuticals/Pharmaceuticals/Wholesale_and_Distribution Distributor of brand name as well as generic prescription pharmaceutical drugs and parenteral products; also inhalers. |
| Random 3 | This Is Your Life If You Choose Drugs | http://members.aol.com/gidgetda/beer.html This Is Your Life If You Choose Drugs | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Anti-Legalization Anti-drug information, including: signs of teen usage, rehabilitation and help links, crack baby syndrome, and negative effects of club drugs such as roofies, marihuana, cocaine, and ecstacy. |
| Random 4 | Acupuncture Advantage Care | http://www.acupunctureadvantage.com/ Acupuncture Advantage Care | Top/Regional/North_America/United_States/Virginia/Localities/H/Herndon/Health Information on whole health acupuncture for all types of ailments and illnesses, Chinese medicine, and electrical acupuncture. |
| Random 5 | True Service Dental, Inc. | http://www.trueservicedental.com/ True Service Dental, Inc. | Top/Business/Healthcare/Products_and_Services/Dentistry/Digital_Technology Offers intraoral camera and dental camera equipment repair from various makers including Acucam, Insight, Oralvision, Panasonic, and Sony. |
| Next | Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy | http://www.cfdp.ca/ Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal A non-profit organization founded in 1993 by several of Canada's leading specialists in drug policy. |
| Next 10 | Drug Awareness | http://druginfo.netfirms.com Drug Awareness | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal A informational site with facts and information on drug awareness. |
| Random 1 | Junction Jugglers | http://www.junctionjugglers.com Junction Jugglers | Top/Arts/Performing_Arts/Circus/Juggling/Jugglers One man shows to a small circus. |
| Random 4 | Meleea | http://www.beledi.com/ Meleea | Top/Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance/Middle_Eastern/Teachers_and_Performers/United_States/Texas Dallas, Texas performer and teacher. Includes classes, performances and shopping bazaar. |
| Random 4 | Aftershock | http://www.aftershock.clogdancing.com/ Aftershock | Top/Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance/Folk_Dancing/Clogging Competition Team in California and Nevada, USA. Dancer profiles, team pictures, and calendar of events. |
| Next 70 | War on Drugs Clock | http://www.drugsense.org/wodclock.htm War on Drugs Clock | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization/Marijuana Running totals on how much money is spent for the current year. |
| Previous 70 | Adult Depression: Medication and Other Treatments | http://www.baltimorepsych.com/Adult_Depression.htm Adult Depression: Medication and Other Treatments | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication An article discussing the many types of antidepressant medications, ECT, and some alternative treatments. |
| Next 170 | Government Wears No Clothes | http://www.nakedgov.com/ Government Wears No Clothes | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/War_on_Drugs Website of Bob Newland, noted journalist, raconteur, iconoclast, political philosopher and exposer of the lies used to propagate the so-called War on Drugs. |
| Previous 170 | Bibliography: Advertising's Effects on Tobacco Addiction Rates | http://www.medchi.org/grants/tobaccoads/bibliography.asp Bibliography: Advertising's Effects on Tobacco Addiction Rates | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Critiques/Advertising Bibliography of scientific articles put together by Maryland State Medical Society. |
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| Previous 270 | The Healthy Community: One for All, All for One | http://www.thebestmedicalcare.com/book/ch12_1.htm The Healthy Community: One for All, All for One | Top/Society/Issues/Environment/Health Chapter from the free online book, How to Get the Best Medical Care - A Guide for the Intelligent Patient. Discusses the environments effect on human health. |
| Other resource N0 | Charted Institute of Environmental Health Light Pollution Report | http://www.cieh.org.uk/about/policy/papers/light.htm Charted Institute of Environmental Health Light Pollution Report | Top/Society/Issues/Environment/Light_Pollution/Regulation/United_Kingdom Discusses the current legal situation as to whether light pollution is a statutory nuisance. |
| Other resource N1 | Science and Environment Health Network | http://www.sehn.org/ Science and Environment Health Network | Top/Society/Issues/Environment/Organizations/Policy_Institutes Began in 1993 when members of the scientific community met to respond to virulent attacks on the environmental agenda. It was clear that science was being misrepresented and misused in environmental public policy. |
| Other resource N2 | American Association of Health Plans | http://www.aahp.org American Association of Health Plans | Top/Society/Issues/Health Fact sheets and analyses on: managed care, prenatal care, children's health insurance, diabetes, and current immunization recommendations for children and adults. |
| Other resource N3 | What Doctors Don't Tell You | http://www.wddty.co.uk/ What Doctors Don't Tell You | Top/Society/Issues/Health Monthly magazine informing patients of little-known side effects of drugs, and allegedly "proven" alternative remedies. |
| Other resource N4 | What is Wrong With Our Health Care System? | http://www.execpc.com/~squall1/MedDrg/meddrg.html What is Wrong With Our Health Care System? | Top/Society/Issues/Health A commentary on why the US health care system is the most expensive in the world but less effective than most people realize. |
| Other resource N5 | The UK Partnership for Global Health | http://www.ukglobalhealth.org/ The UK Partnership for Global Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health A forum for people concerned at the impact of globalisation on global health. Includes documents, briefings and news. |
| Other resource N6 | Health Issues Monthly | http://www.healthissuesmonthly.com/ Health Issues Monthly | Top/Society/Issues/Health Health related issues including global warming, alternative healing, cancer related, food, and nutrition. |
| Other resource N7 | AMWA Position Paper: Tobacco Control and Prevention | http://www.amwa-doc.org/index.cfm?objectid=244E9AF4-D567-0B25-5DA167C3D452F725 AMWA Position Paper: Tobacco Control and Prevention | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco The American Medical Womens Association outlines its stand and proposed policy initiatives. |
| Other resource N8 | State Estimates of Total Medical Expenditures Attributable to Cigarette Smoking, 1993 | http://socialwelfare.berkeley.edu/faculty/lmiller_report.html State Estimates of Total Medical Expenditures Attributable to Cigarette Smoking, 1993 | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact 1993 report breaks down costs by state. |
| Other resource N9 | Costs of Tobacco Consumption in Sydney | http://www.cs.nsw.gov.au/corporate/tobaccocp/BKG-2.htm Costs of Tobacco Consumption in Sydney | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact Report estimates the medical costs of tobacco in Central Sydney, Australia. |
| Other resource N10 | Health Care Costs of Smoking | http://apha.confex.com/apha/128am/techprogram/paper_14898.htm Health Care Costs of Smoking | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact Abstract of recent research estimates percentage of total health care costs attributable to smoking. |
| Other resource N11 | Young Healthy Smokers Take Significantly More Days Off Work | http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2000-12/CftA-Yhst-0312100.php Young Healthy Smokers Take Significantly More Days Off Work | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact Research that followed over 80,000 employees for over 2 years finds smoking has significant costs for employers, even among younger workers. |
| Other resource N12 | The Health Care Costs of Smoking | http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/337/15/1052 The Health Care Costs of Smoking | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact Conclusions: If people stopped smoking, there would be a savings in health care costs, but only in the short term. Eventually, smoking cessation would lead to increased health care costs. The New England Journal of Medicine, October 9, 1997. |
| Other resource N13 | A Public Health Analysis of the Proposed Resolution of [the 1997 United States] Tobacco Litigation | http://repositories.cdlib.org/ctcre/tcpmus/US1998/ A Public Health Analysis of the Proposed Resolution of [the 1997 United States] Tobacco Litigation | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Master_Settlement_Agreement UCSF policy analysis paper examines the proposed tobacco settlement agreement. |
| Other resource N14 | ASH-UK - Action on Smoking and Health | http://www.ash.org.uk/ ASH-UK - Action on Smoking and Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco Resources for advocates include tobacco history, factsheets, schools resources, presentation resources, discussion, policy analysis, and an extensive analysis of the tobacco industry based on industry internal memos. |
| Other resource N15 | National Clearinghouse on Tobacco and Health (NCTH) | http://www.ncth.ca National Clearinghouse on Tobacco and Health (NCTH) | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco Information and networking services for tobacco use prevention and reduction programs, projects, resources, and advocacy in Canada. |
| Other resource N16 | Alliance of Boulder County on Tobacco and Health | http://bcn.boulder.co.us/community/abct/ Alliance of Boulder County on Tobacco and Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco Citizens and organizations advocating policy decisions, educational and prevention efforts to address the problem of tobacco in their communities. Provides tobacco news, issues, analysis, advocacy; factsheets and policy papers. |
| Other resource N17 | Action on Smoking and Health - Canada | http://www.ash.ca/ Action on Smoking and Health - Canada | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco Western Canada's leading health organization devoted solely to tobacco control and prevention. |
| Other resource N18 | They're Rich, You're Dead | http://www.mededu.miami.edu/Tobacco They're Rich, You're Dead | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Prevention/Teen_Smoking University of Miami School of Medicine's Tobacco Awareness Program for Community Youth. "We want you to see what we see in our hospital patients every day from the use of tobacco". Videos in MTV and science versions; interactive web-based CD-ROM; student and teacher workbooks; images and presentations in Adobe and Powerpoint formats. |
| Other resource N19 | Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) | http://ash.org Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regulation Nation's oldest and leading antismoking organization takes legal action and provides information about the problems and costs of smoking. Protects the rights of nonsmokers. |
| Other resource N20 | Federal Preemption Now a Barrier to Local Tobacco Ordinances, Health Law Perspectives, Health Law and Policy Institute | http://www.law.uh.edu/healthlawperspectives/PublicHealth/010817Federal.html Federal Preemption Now a Barrier to Local Tobacco Ordinances, Health Law Perspectives, Health Law and Policy Institute | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regulation Short report from the Health Law and Policy Institute on case law affecting state regulation of tobacco promotion. |
| Other resource N21 | Australian Council on Smoking and Health | http://www.acosh.org/ Australian Council on Smoking and Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regional Dedicated to raising awareness in the community on smoking and health issues in Australia. Educational campaigns, quit programs, library, and tobacco industry secrets. |
| Other resource N22 | Go smokefree! Health Canada Tobacco Control Programme | http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/tobacco/index.html Go smokefree! Health Canada Tobacco Control Programme | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regional/Canada Health Canada's Tobacco Control Programme regulates tobacco and promotes initiatives that reduce or prevent the harm associated with smoking. |
| Other resource N23 | Denver Alliance on Tobacco and Health | http://www.dath.org/ Denver Alliance on Tobacco and Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regional/United_States Empowering Denver to reduce tobacco use through prevention, education, and advocacy; provides information on secondhand smoke, quitting smoking, area ordinances and laws, and resources and training on tobacco. |
| Other resource N24 | Wisconsin Initiative on Smoking and Health | http://www.wish-wi.org/ Wisconsin Initiative on Smoking and Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regional/United_States An association promoting clean air in public places. Dining guides, coalitions, how-tow, newsletter, surveys and feedback, resources on secondhand smoke, restaurants, and bars. |
| Other resource N25 | Health Behavior Research Group | http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~hbr/ Health Behavior Research Group | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Tobacco_Control_Resources University of Waterloo, Canada, research group; features papers and summaries of ongoing projects in tobacco use reduction, public policy, enabling communities to plan smoking reduction, improving cessation outcomes, and measuring and assessing progress in tobacco use reduction. |
| Other resource N26 | Presentation by Dr. Fenton Howell, Irish Medical Organisation. | http://www.irlgov.ie/committees-99/c-health/Rep-Evidence/page10.htm Presentation by Dr. Fenton Howell, Irish Medical Organisation. | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Tobacco_Control_Resources Presentation made to the Joint Committee on health and CHildren of the Houses of the Oireachtas, Parliament of Ireland, on tobacco and health. |
| Other resource N27 | Tobacco Epidemic: Health Dimensions | http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact154.html Tobacco Epidemic: Health Dimensions | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Tobacco_Control_Resources WHO factsheet. "Half a billion people now alive will be killed by tobacco products" and other descriptions of the size of the problem. |
| Other resource N28 | Smoking Cessation is Cost Effective | http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/278/21/1759 Smoking Cessation is Cost Effective | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Tobacco_Control_Resources Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that smoking cessation programs are cost-effective. |
| Other resource N29 | Historical Medical Claims | http://www240.pair.com/tomtom/pages/gra/gra_badvert.html Historical Medical Claims | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Promotion "More Doctors Smoke Camels" and other ads from 1927 through 1950. |
| Other resource N30 | The Great Tobacco Robbery | http://www.cato.org/dailys/03-06-99.html The Great Tobacco Robbery | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Critiques Cato Institute editorial condemns money made by plaintiff lawyers "holding tobacco companies accountable for Medicaid expenditures allegedly related to smoking". |
| Other resource N31 | Tobacco, Lawyers, and Public Health | http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/91/11/1749 Tobacco, Lawyers, and Public Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Critiques/Secondhand_Smoke Article in the American Journal of Public Health chronicles the efforts of the tobacco industry to attack the evidence that secondhand smoke causes disease. |
| Other resource N32 | How the Tobaccco Industry Responded to an Influential Study of the Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke | http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/325/7377/1413 How the Tobaccco Industry Responded to an Influential Study of the Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Critiques/Secondhand_Smoke Journal article documents how the tobacco industry generated a study and hid its involvement in an attempt to fight the emerging science on secondhand smoke. |
| Other resource N33 | Do Candy Cigarettes Encourage Young People to Smoke? | http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/321/7257/362 Do Candy Cigarettes Encourage Young People to Smoke? | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Critiques/Teen_Smoking Paper in British Medical Journal. Executives of both the tobacco and candy industries regarded candy cigarettes as good advertising to future smokers; tobacco companies granted candy makers permission to use cigarette pack designs and tolerated trademark infringement. |
| Other resource N34 | Philip Morris Tries to Polish Its Image | http://www.mnmed.org/Protected/00MNMED/0003/Meyer.html Philip Morris Tries to Polish Its Image | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Public_Relations/Opposing_Views/Philip_Morris Editorial from Minnesota Medical Association comments on Philip Morris's recent image campaign. |
| Other resource N35 | OMA Position Paper on Second Hand Smoke | http://www.oma.org/phealth/2ndsmoke.htm OMA Position Paper on Second Hand Smoke | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Secondhand_Smoke Ontario Medical Association outlines the medical facts and their policy position based on those facts. |
| Other resource N36 | Environmental Health Perspectives: Unfriendly Fumes | http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1996/104-11/focus.html Environmental Health Perspectives: Unfriendly Fumes | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Secondhand_Smoke/Resources Magazine article reviews the scientific evidence. |
| Other resource N37 | Smoke-Free For Health - Studies | http://www.smokefreeforhealth.org/Studies.htm Smoke-Free For Health - Studies | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Secondhand_Smoke/Measurement Collection of recent research studies on health effects of secondhand smoke. |
| Other resource N38 | Epidemiological Basis for an Occupational and Environmental Policy on Environmental Tobacco Smoke | http://www.acoem.org/position/statements.asp?CATA_ID=8 Epidemiological Basis for an Occupational and Environmental Policy on Environmental Tobacco Smoke | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Secondhand_Smoke/Workplace From the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine summarizes the science behind smokefree policies. |
| Other resource N39 | Tobacco Industry Documents | http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/cgch/tobacco/industry_docs.htm Tobacco Industry Documents | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Tobacco_Industry_Documents Introductory handbook and resource guide for those interested in searching online industry document collections. Topics include a history of the documents, how to search the collections, and other online resources. Provided by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. |
| Other resource N40 | Smoking Health Issues "Still Ignored" | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1858258.stm Smoking Health Issues "Still Ignored" | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Government The deaths of five million people in the UK from smoking-related diseases have been partly blamed on decades of government inaction. |
| Other resource N41 | The Truth about Big Tobacco in Its Own Words | http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7257/313 The Truth about Big Tobacco in Its Own Words | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Industry_Critiques Editorial in the British Medical Journal urges opening of the Guildford depository of tobacco industry documents and explains what we've learned already from industry documents. |
| Other resource N42 | Public Health Under Attack: ASSIST and the Tobacco Industry | http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/94/2/240 Public Health Under Attack: ASSIST and the Tobacco Industry | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Industry_Critiques Research paper reports on how the tobacco industry mobilized a well-coordinated attack on a national stop-smoking project. |
| Other resource N43 | Fraudulent Health Claims | http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/health/frdheal.htm Fraudulent Health Claims | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud Tips on spotting false claims, some medical problems that attract health fraud schemes, dietary supplement precautions, how to report a possible fraud. |
| Other resource N44 | Fraud and the Health Care System | http://heartdisease.about.com/health/heartdisease/library/hcs/blhcsund05.htm Fraud and the Health Care System | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud The Clinton administration strikes back - an article about the anti-fraud imperative. |
| Other resource N45 | Recognizing Fraud in Health Care | http://seniorhealth.about.com/health/seniorhealth/library/prevention/blfraudintro.htm Recognizing Fraud in Health Care | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud List of resources and links related to various kinds of health care fraud. |
| Other resource N46 | Fraudulent Health Claims | http://mentalhealth.about.com/health/mentalhealth/library/h/docs/bld8c867.htm Fraudulent Health Claims | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud Online brochure that helps spotting false and unsubstantiated claims. |
| Other resource N47 | Health Hippo: Fraud and Abuse | http://hippo.findlaw.com/hippofra.html Health Hippo: Fraud and Abuse | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud Policy and regulatory materials related to health care fraud and abuse. |
| Other resource N48 | Bureau of Health Professions | http://bhpr.hrsa.gov/ Bureau of Health Professions | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud Manages and provides access to the National Practitioner Data Bank, the Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank, and the Federal Credentialing Program. |
| Other resource N49 | Spotting Health Fraud | http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/greenline/00v2/08.html Spotting Health Fraud | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Quackery Easy understandable list on how to check health care web sites that promise treatment success too fast and too easy. |
| Other resource N50 | Canadian Quackery Watch | http://healthwatcher.net/Quackerywatch/ Canadian Quackery Watch | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Quackery Monitors the media for reports of medical frauds and quacks. Includes features on individual quacks, pending lawsuits, scientific rebuttals of 'dubious' claims, and related links. |
| Other resource N51 | Campaign to Fight Medicare Fraud and Abuse | http://mentalhealth.about.com/health/mentalhealth/library/h/docs/bld04116.htm Campaign to Fight Medicare Fraud and Abuse | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Medicare Department of Health and Human Services' site on how to fight health care waste, fraud, and abuse, using several agencies within the department and forming working partnerships with other Federal, State, and local organizations. |
| Other resource N52 | How to Prevent Medicare Fraud | http://seniorhealth.about.com/health/seniorhealth/c/ht/00/07/How_Prevent_Medicare_Fraud0962933606.htm How to Prevent Medicare Fraud | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Medicare A detailed how-to on preventing Medicare fraud and how to report possible fraud cases. |
| Other resource N53 | Medicare Fraud and Abuse Detection | http://seniorhealth.about.com/health/seniorhealth/library/medicare/blfraud.htm Medicare Fraud and Abuse Detection | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Medicare Tips on detecting and preventing fraudulent practices in Medicare. |
| Other resource N54 | Fighting Fraud and Abuse | http://www.hcfa.gov/medicare/fraud/ Fighting Fraud and Abuse | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Medicare U.S. Health Care Financing Administration ("HCFA") site includes government description of fraudulent schemes, instructions to contractors and Medicare integrety programs. |
| Other resource N55 | Vaccinations - HealthWorld Online | http://www.healthy.net/vaccine/ Vaccinations - HealthWorld Online | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Vaccination Information on the toxicity of vaccines, their adverse effects, long-term negative consequences, the new vaccines, and alternative vaccines. |
| Other resource N56 | Review: Vaccination: 100 Years of Orthodox Research Shows that Vaccines Represent a Medical Assault on the Immune System | http://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/reviews2.html#vaccination Review: Vaccination: 100 Years of Orthodox Research Shows that Vaccines Represent a Medical Assault on the Immune System | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Vaccination/Books by Viera Scheibner Ph.D. This book (published 1993) is a concise summary of the results of orthodox medical research into vaccines and their effects. It aims to inform medical professionals, parents and the general public about short and long-term dangerous side-effects, including brain damage and death, of vaccines; of the ineffectiveness of vaccines in preventing infectious diseases, as shown by epidemics in fully vaccinated populations; and the causal link between DPT and polio vaccines and cot death. |
| Other resource N57 | Victim Families Say Autism-Vaccination Link Painfully Obvious | http://www.greaterthings.com/News/daily/2004/05/21/autism-vaccination_link/ Victim Families Say Autism-Vaccination Link Painfully Obvious | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Vaccination/Side_Effect_Debate/Autism Unbelief in Institute of Medicine findings |
| Other resource N58 | American Medical News - Vaccine Anxiety | http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/1999/amn_99/edit0906.htm American Medical News - Vaccine Anxiety | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Vaccination/Childhood_Immunization_Issues The individuals and organizations on a mission to sow the seeds of doubt about childhood immunizations may be weak on science but are savvy with technology. The Internet has given their contrariant movement what can be best described as a healthy shot in the arm. |
| Other resource N59 | Missouri Citizens' Coalition for Freedom in Health Care | http://hometown.aol.com/mccfhc/ Missouri Citizens' Coalition for Freedom in Health Care | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Vaccination/Childhood_Immunization_Issues A grassroots organization dedicated to protecting Missouri rights to freedom in health care through informed and educated choices. |
| Other resource N60 | Civitas - incorporating Citizens for Planetary Health | http://www.linkny.com/~civitas/ Civitas - incorporating Citizens for Planetary Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Research/Fraud Promotes environmental and human health by exposing harmful practices and policies such as relying upon unscientific animal experiments to justify poisoning the environment and to predict the effects of toxins and medicines on humans. |
| Other resource N61 | Mental Health Matters | http://www.mental-health-matters.com/ Mental Health Matters | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health A directory of Mental Health sites, including alternative resources, support groups, and patient's rights. |
| Other resource N62 | KEN: Monthly Mental Health Activities and Events | http://www.mentalhealth.org/highlights/index.htm KEN: Monthly Mental Health Activities and Events | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health The Knowledge Exchange Network promotes the mental health aspect of national health events and awareness days in its new monthly Highlights section. |
| Other resource N63 | Alternative Mental Health | http://nht_amhl1.blogspot.com/ Alternative Mental Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health A resource page about alternatives to the traditional, medical model-based, mental health system. |
| Other resource N64 | Adult Depression: Medication and Other Treatments | http://www.baltimorepsych.com/Adult_Depression.htm Adult Depression: Medication and Other Treatments | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication An article discussing the many types of antidepressant medications, ECT, and some alternative treatments. |
| Other resource N65 | Med Help International Mental Health Forum | http://www.medhelp.org/forums/mentalhealth/wwwboard.html Med Help International Mental Health Forum | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication A question forum for prescription psychiatric drugs, answered by a medical doctor. Readers can view previous answers at no charge. |
| Other resource N66 | Business Week: When the Cure May Make You Sicker | http://www.businessweek.com/1998/11/b3569025.htm Business Week: When the Cure May Make You Sicker | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication Article that presents an argument that most prescription medications are not really safe. Author cites psychiatric medications that have caused problems. |
| Other resource N67 | Freedom Mag | http://psychdrugs.freedommag.org/psych-drugs-freedom-mag.htm Freedom Mag | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication News and articles regarding the negative aspects of psychiatric drugs. |
| Other resource N68 | HelpGuide - Medications for Treating Depression and Anxiety | http://helpguide.org/mental/medications_depression.htm HelpGuide - Medications for Treating Depression and Anxiety | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication Non-commercial resources for learning about the risks and benefits of medications for depression and anxiety. Also includes information on controversies surrounding SSRIs. |
| Other resource N69 | Johnny's New Snack: Milk, Cookies and Prozac | http://cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/children/03/20/kids.drugs02/index.html Johnny's New Snack: Milk, Cookies and Prozac | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication/Prozac Young children are taking psychoactive drugs at alarmingly high rates, doctors say, citing a new study. |
| Other resource N70 | IPRC FactLine: Non-Medical Use of Ritalin | http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/pubs/factline/ritalin.html IPRC FactLine: Non-Medical Use of Ritalin | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication/Ritalin Snorted or injected Ritalin has caused a resurgence in the abuse of stimulant drugs. Article discusses patterns of abuse, consequences, and legal issues. |
| Other resource N71 | Sue Clark's Psychiatry Buster Home Page | http://www.geocities.com/sueclark2001ca/ Sue Clark's Psychiatry Buster Home Page | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/ECT_-_Electroconvulsive_Therapy Sue Clark is a psychiatric survivor. Sue speaks out against the medical model of psychiatry and about ECT (electroshock therapy). Sue is an ECT survivor. |
| Other resource N72 | This Way Lies Ruin | http://home.earthlink.net/~bazillion/ruin.html This Way Lies Ruin | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Anti-Psychiatry_Organizations Among the medical profession only, they are the single group with the highest rate of insurance fraud convictions, and among all professions they are the single group with the highest rate of suicide. |
| Other resource N73 | Drugs and Teen Substance Abuse | http://www.focusas.com/SubstanceAbuse.html Drugs and Teen Substance Abuse | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Substance_Abuse Article summarizing warning signs and treatment issues. |
| Other resource N74 | Addiction by Prescription Drugs | http://www.addictionbyprescription.com Addiction by Prescription Drugs | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Substance_Abuse Offers details about prescription abuse, addiction, and controversy. Includes two book offers. |
| Other resource N75 | Ohio Association of Responsible Mental Health Practices | http://www.ltech.net/OHIOarmhp/ Ohio Association of Responsible Mental Health Practices | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Memory_Controversies OARMHP is a state chapter of FMSF. |
| Other resource N76 | Mental health parity - an opposing view | http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=ment&date=19990210&query=mental+health+parity Mental health parity - an opposing view | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Articles Mental health parity opens the door to fraud. |
| Other resource N77 | Review: Murder By Injection: The Medical Conspiracy Against America | http://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/reviews1.html#world Review: Murder By Injection: The Medical Conspiracy Against America | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Books by Eustace Mullins. Explains how the ruthless Rockefeller Syndicate - under the control of the world financial structure, chiefly the Rothschilds - plays the major political, health and educational roles in America. |
| Other resource N78 | Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies | http://www.maps.org Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs A membership-based non-profit research and educational organization. Includes research papers, MAPS bulletin, news updates, and a forum. |
| Other resource N79 | Hammered | http://www.hammered.org Hammered | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs An organization dedicated to questioning social dependency and cultural glorification of drugs and alcohol. |
| Other resource N80 | European Association of Libraries and Information Specialists on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ELISAD) | http://www.elisad.org/ European Association of Libraries and Information Specialists on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ELISAD) | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs Made to enable those working in the field of alcohol and other drugs and facing common challenges, to exchange ideas and experience and, through networking to improve their knowledge, skills and performances. |