Has the War on Drugs Been Lost?

site URL - http://www.lycaeum.org/drugwar/buckley1.html

Site description: William F. Buckley, one of the most respected Conservatives in the world and editor of National Review, dedicates an entire issue to the question of whether the drug war does more harm than good.




Topic: Top/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal/Pro-Legalization

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Previous 270AMWA Position Paper: Tobacco Control and Preventionhttp://www.amwa-doc.org/index.cfm?objectid=244E9AF4-D567-0B25-5DA167C3D452F725 AMWA Position Paper: Tobacco Control and PreventionTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco The American Medical Womens Association outlines its stand and proposed policy initiatives.
Other resource N0 Costs of Smoking are Triple Those of Illicit Drugshttp://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/326/7383/242/a Costs of Smoking are Triple Those of Illicit DrugsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact Results of a study on the social costs of drug use in Australia.
Other resource N1 $72.7 Billion: Smoking's Annual Health Care Costhttp://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/1998/0916/smoking.html $72.7 Billion: Smoking's Annual Health Care CostTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact The total cost of caring for people with health problems caused by cigarette smoking is about $72.7 billion per year, according to health economists at the University of California. "You expect a figure of this magnitude for the impact of smoking on health care, when you consider that one in five deaths per year is due to cigarette use," said the study's author. Smoking accounted for 11.8 percent of all medical expenditures in the U.S.
Other resource N2 The Health Costs of Smokinghttp://www.roycastle.org/kats/facts_health.htm The Health Costs of SmokingTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact Short factsheet measures the UK cost of tobacco products in different ways.
Other resource N3 Smoking and the Bottom Line: The Costs of Smoking in the Workplace - Health Canada Tobacco Control Programmehttp://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hecs-sesc/tobacco/facts/bottomline/index.html Smoking and the Bottom Line: The Costs of Smoking in the Workplace - Health Canada Tobacco Control ProgrammeTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Economic_Impact Canadian analysis estimates smoking adds about $2000 per year per employee.
Other resource N4 Cigarette Smuggling: A Global Weapon against Public Health Measureshttp://www.nsra-adnf.ca/news_info.php?cPath=27&news_id=30 Cigarette Smuggling: A Global Weapon against Public Health MeasuresTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Smuggling Annotated list of links organized by Nonsmokers Rights Association of Canada. Pulls together primary and secondary sources, news and analysis.
Other resource N5 MASCOT: Multicultural Advocates for Social Change on Tobaccohttp://www.mascotcoalition.org/ MASCOT: Multicultural Advocates for Social Change on TobaccoTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco Statistics, factsheets, and discussion on tobacco policy, smokefree workplaces, retailers selling to youth, industry quotes on nicotine and addiction, and medical costs due to smoking.
Other resource N6 Health Canada: Tobaccohttp://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/tobacco.htm Health Canada: TobaccoTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco Information from Health Canada on smoking and tobacco use. Reports, statistics, studies, news releases, and regulations.
Other resource N7 Tough on Drugs -- Weak on Tobaccohttp://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/172_12_190600/chapman/chapman.html Tough on Drugs -- Weak on TobaccoTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco Article in medical journal outlines how and why the government of Australia does little about tobacco, and government funding for tobacco control is small compared to government funding of other public health issues.
Other resource N8 Youth Empowerment and Health Promotionhttp://www.ftcc.fsu.edu/resreports/july99/index.html Youth Empowerment and Health PromotionTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Prevention/Teen_Smoking Report from Florida Tobacco Control Clearinghouse. Description of, examples, and discussion of empowering youth, instead of lecturing.
Other resource N9 Teenz247http://www.teenz247.com/ Teenz247Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Prevention/Teen_Smoking/Organizations Smoke-free hangout offers games, message boards, local news for teens, and articles to help teenagers in making smart decisions about drugs, smoking, and alcohol.
Other resource N10 Partnerships Between Attorneys and Public Health Professionals to Support Local Tobacco Control Effortshttp://www.tobaccocontrol.neu.edu/castpage.htm Partnerships Between Attorneys and Public Health Professionals to Support Local Tobacco Control EffortsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regulation Historically, the greatest deterrents to local tobacco control efforts have been 1) lack of policy guidance; and 2) tobacco industry legal intimidation. This paper outlines an approach that deals with both problems.
Other resource N11 Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Healthhttp://www.info.gov.hk/hkcosh/index.htm Hong Kong Council on Smoking and HealthTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regional Aims to introduce the Council to the public and to educate on smoking-related health hazards. In English and Chinese.
Other resource N12 Muskoka-Parry Sound Health Unithttp://www.mpshu.on.ca/Tobacco/tobacco_main_page.htm Muskoka-Parry Sound Health UnitTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regional/Canada Smoking, quitting, worksite cessation program; tobacco survey; smoke-free area restaurants; talking to kids about smoking; tobacco's impact on the environment.
Other resource N13 Commit To a Healthier Branthttp://www.cyberisle.org/commit/ Commit To a Healthier BrantTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regional/United_States Demonstration site of the Ontario Tobacco Strategy; aims to demonstrate innovative approaches to reduce tobacco use in Brant County, Ontario through prevention, protection and cessation initiatives.
Other resource N14 Suffolk Youth Partnership for Healthhttp://www.suffolkyph.com/ Suffolk Youth Partnership for HealthTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Regional/United_States Aims to give everyone the right to live, learn, work, and play in a smokefree environment, as well as protect Suffolk youth from the tobacco industry.
Other resource N15 Final Report of The Advisory Committee on Tobacco Policy and Public HealthAction on Smoking and Health (ASH)http://ash.org/report2.html Final Report of The Advisory Committee on Tobacco Policy and Public HealthAction on Smoking and Health (ASH)Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Tobacco_Control_Resources The Koop-Kessler report, nicely HTML-ized.
Other resource N16 Ireland Sub-Committee on Health and Smokinghttp://www.irlgov.ie/Committees-01/c-health/HealthandSmoking/ Ireland Sub-Committee on Health and SmokingTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Tobacco_Control_Resources Committee in the Parliament of Ireland held in 2001 three days of hearings on the effects of smoking on Ireland; transcripts here.
Other resource N17 Risk Perception and Communication: Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Child Healthhttp://leiss.ca/articles/60 Risk Perception and Communication: Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Child HealthTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Tobacco_Control_Resources Tobacco use and ETS issues present a significant challenge to conventional notions of risk communication. Conventional forms of message delivery, have failed utterly in the case of tobacco use. Paper examines this quandry.
Other resource N18 Tobacco, public health, and public policyhttp://www.ucop.edu/srphome/trdrp/Aim97/plenary.html Tobacco, public health, and public policyTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Anti-Tobacco/Tobacco_Control_Resources Panel discussion at conference. Covers different health and policy aspects. Participants include Stan Glantz, Luanne Nyberg, and Bill Novelli.
Other resource N19 Tobacco Growers for a Healthy Futurehttp://www.fairtobaccopolicy.org/ Tobacco Growers for a Healthy FutureTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco Coalition of American tobacco farmers united to reform the U.S. Tobacco Program through the elimination of production quotas and price supports. Supports tobacco buyout legislation and some amount of FDA regulation of tobacco consumer products.
Other resource N20 Tobacco Lobby Bought Out Doctors in Scandinaviahttp://www.dawn.com/2000/09/16/int15.htm Tobacco Lobby Bought Out Doctors in ScandinaviaTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Regulation/Lobbying/Critiques News item on how Philip Morris sought out sympathetic medical doctors in Denmark and Sweden, and paid them money to void their opposition to anti-smoking groups.
Other resource N21 Bibliography: Advertising's Effects on Tobacco Addiction Rateshttp://www.medchi.org/grants/tobaccoads/bibliography.asp Bibliography: Advertising's Effects on Tobacco Addiction RatesTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Critiques/Advertising Bibliography of scientific articles put together by Maryland State Medical Society.
Other resource N22 Why Review Articles on the Health Effects of Passive Smoking Reach Different Conclusionshttp://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/279/19/1566?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=Why+Review+Articles+on+the Why Review Articles on the Health Effects of Passive Smoking Reach Different ConclusionsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Critiques/Secondhand_Smoke Statistical analysis of the research literature on secondhand smoke finds "the only factor associated with concluding that passive smoking is not harmful was whether an author was affiliated with the tobacco industry".
Other resource N23 Tobacco Giant's Secret Papers Revealedhttp://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1037005,00.html Tobacco Giant's Secret Papers RevealedTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Critiques/Teen_Smoking Britain's biggest tobacco company was so concerned that it would lose market share to hard drugs such as cocaine and heroin that it attempted to market a 'rebellious' image for cigarettes to make them more attractive to youngsters.
Other resource N24 Lawyer Control of the Tobacco Industry's External Research: Brown and Williamson Documents... [Fulltext, Jul 19 JAMA. 1995;274:241-247] (c) AMA 1996http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/274/3/241 Lawyer Control of the Tobacco Industry's External Research: Brown and Williamson Documents... [Fulltext, Jul 19 JAMA. 1995;274:241-247] (c) AMA 1996Top/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Advocacy/Pro-Tobacco/Public_Relations/Opposing_Views Research article in medical journal documents how the tobacco industry funded research to generate good publicity for the industry, to deflect attion away from tobacco as a health danger, and to attempt, sometimes secretly, to influence policymakers.
Other resource N25 Texas Cooperative HealthHints - Secondhand Smokehttp://fcs.tamu.edu/health/Health_Education_Rural_Outreach/Health_Hints/2001/june-july/june-july.htm Texas Cooperative HealthHints - Secondhand SmokeTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Secondhand_Smoke Definition, health effects, costs, and how to reduce secondhand smoke at home and in the workplace.
Other resource N26 AMA: Secondhand Smokehttp://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/5120.html AMA: Secondhand SmokeTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Secondhand_Smoke/Resources Resources from the American Medical Association on clean indoor air including presentations and a model ordinance for smokefree indoor places.
Other resource N27 Environmental Tobacco Smoke in the Workplace - Lung Cancer and Other Health Effectshttp://www.cdc.gov/nasd/docs/d001001-d001100/d001030/d001030.html Environmental Tobacco Smoke in the Workplace - Lung Cancer and Other Health EffectsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Secondhand_Smoke/Resources Report from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health provides discussion of the research base (as of 1991) and measurements of various toxins and carcinogens in firsthand and secondhand smoke.
Other resource N28 NYC Department of Health - DOH Smoke / Tobacco Controlhttp://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doh/html/smoke/smoke.html NYC Department of Health - DOH Smoke / Tobacco ControlTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Secondhand_Smoke/Workplace Are you breathing secondhand smoke in the workplace? In public places? What you can do; steps to a smokefree workplace.
Other resource N29 Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke in the Workplacehttp://www.otc.ie/article.asp?article=34 Health Effects of Secondhand Smoke in the WorkplaceTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Secondhand_Smoke/Workplace Summary of scientific report performed by the government of Ireland.
Other resource N30 Partnership for a Drug-Free America: the tobacco connectionhttp://www.fair.org/extra/9707/marijuana.html Partnership for a Drug-Free America: the tobacco connectionTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Media The Partnership loves to talk about illegal drugs. They are hard pressed to say anything about a drug that kills more Americans than all illegal drugs combined: tobacco. One reason may be, the Partnership has taken cash from Philip Morris and R. J. Reynolds.
Other resource N31 Health Warning: Low Tar Cigarettes are a Deliberate Conhttp://www.ash.org.uk/?bigone Health Warning: Low Tar Cigarettes are a Deliberate ConTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Industry_Critiques From Action on Smoking and Health in the UK. Covers emissions, smoker compensation, differences between expectations and reality for low tar cigarettes, and what the industry knew and how it behaved.
Other resource N32 Evidence to the House of Commons Health Select Committee Inquiry into the Conduct of the Tobacco Industryhttp://www.ash.org.uk/html/conduct/html/evidence.html Evidence to the House of Commons Health Select Committee Inquiry into the Conduct of the Tobacco IndustryTop/Society/Issues/Health/Tobacco/Industry_Critiques Report by ASH-UK and the Royal College of Nursing on tobacco industry conduct; draws heavily on internal industry documents; focus on industry duplicity, particularly regarding addiction and low tar cigarettes.
Other resource N33 HealthWatcher.nethttp://www.healthwatcher.net HealthWatcher.netTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud Provides several recourses related to health fraud including books and articles.
Other resource N34 Health Watch UKhttp://www.healthwatch-uk.org/ Health Watch UKTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud Information on how to spot fraudulent claims. Non-profit organization in the UK.
Other resource N35 How to File Health Fraudhttp://chicago.about.com/citiestowns/midwestus/chicago/library/weekly/aa061200zc.htm How to File Health FraudTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud List of organizations that accept reports of health fraud cases.
Other resource N36 Internet Healthcare Coalitionhttp://www.ihealthcoalition.org Internet Healthcare CoalitionTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud Articles and Tips on how to avoid becoming a health fraud victim.
Other resource N37 Spine Society Issues Health Fraud Alerthttp://www.chiroweb.com/archives/17/20/11.html Spine Society Issues Health Fraud AlertTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud The North American Spine Society has issued a special alert to all of its members regarding a cracking down on health fraud.
Other resource N38 GAO.gov Health Care Fraud Reporthttp://www.securitymanagement.com/library/000187.html GAO.gov Health Care Fraud ReportTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud Information-sharing proposals to improve enforcement efforts on health care fraud cases.
Other resource N39 Fraud in Health Care Linkshttp://www-hsl.mcmaster.ca/tomflem/fraud.html Fraud in Health Care LinksTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Quackery Helps identifying web sites that offer fraudulent health products and services.
Other resource N40 U.S. Food and Drug Administrationhttp://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/medfraud.html U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Quackery Easy-to-read FDA publication about phony medicines and unproven treatments.
Other resource N41 Health Quackeryhttp://www.nia.nih.gov/health/agepages/healthqy.htm Health QuackeryTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Quackery Provides information on how to spot health quackery.
Other resource N42 Fraud and Abuse Overviewhttp://www.medicare.gov/fraudabuse/overview.asp Fraud and Abuse OverviewTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Medicare Describes common Medicare fraud methods, teaches visitors how to report suspected fraud in the Medicare system, and presents ongoing fraud campaigns.
Other resource N43 Medicare Outreach Education Programhttp://www.medicareoutreach.org Medicare Outreach Education ProgramTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Medicare Provides information, education and resources to help people recognize and report Medicaid Fraud and Abuse.
Other resource N44 Medicare and Healthcare Compliancehttp://www.aishealth.com/AISCompliance.html Medicare and Healthcare ComplianceTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Medicare Healthcare publisher includes free article reprints on compliance strategies.
Other resource N45 Government Urges Elderly to Be Medicare Fraud Detectiveshttp://icrsurvey.com/icrinthenews/medicare.html Government Urges Elderly to Be Medicare Fraud DetectivesTop/Society/Issues/Health/Fraud/Medicare Undated Associated Press article warning elderly people to be aware of Medicare fraud.
Other resource N46 The New England Journal of Medicine: Vaccinationhttp://content.nejm.org/cgi/collection/vaccines The New England Journal of Medicine: VaccinationTop/Society/Issues/Health/Vaccination The vaccines collection covers topics such as vaccination against hepatitis, smallpox, varicella, and influenza.
Other resource N47 Panel Finds no Credible Link between Vaccines, Autismhttp://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2001932907_autism19.html Panel Finds no Credible Link between Vaccines, AutismTop/Society/Issues/Health/Vaccination/Side_Effect_Debate/Autism "The Institute of Medicine, an influential adviser of the government on scientific matters, said yesterday there is no credible evidence that either the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine or vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal cause autism."
Other resource N48 NPR : MMR Autismhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1119544 NPR : MMR AutismTop/Society/Issues/Health/Vaccination/Side_Effect_Debate/Autism NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a new study showing no link between a commonly used childhood vaccine and autism. The 14-year-long study in California kindergartens failed to find an association between a rise in reported autism cases in the state and the MMR vaccine. The research appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association. [4:13 Realaudio broadcast]
Other resource N49 Desumo Information and Healthcarehttp://www.desumo.co.uk Desumo Information and HealthcareTop/Society/Issues/Health/Vaccination/Childhood_Immunization_Issues Provides information to enable parents to make informed choices about their vaccination decisions, as well as providing single vaccine alternatives to the MMR.
Other resource N50 Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical Researchhttp://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/ Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical ResearchTop/Society/Issues/Health/Research/Fraud We are all victims of fraud in medical research.
Other resource N51 'Lives at risk' from research fraud (BBC)http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/106186.stm 'Lives at risk' from research fraud (BBC)Top/Society/Issues/Health/Research/Fraud A new report has revealed that fraud is widespread in medical research.
Other resource N52 Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychologyhttp://www.breggin.com Center for the Study of Psychiatry and PsychologyTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health Peter R. Breggin, M.D. founded The International Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology (ICSPP) as a nonprofit research and educational network 25 years ago and warns the media and the public about the potential dangers of drugs, electroshock, psychosurgery, and the biological theories of psychiatry.
Other resource N53 Support Groups Chats For Mental Healthhttp://www.support4hope.com/Support_Groups.html Support Groups Chats For Mental HealthTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health Information and communities for depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other metal conditions. Includes news, editorials and chat.
Other resource N54 International Coalition for Drug Awarenesshttp://www.drugawareness.org/ International Coalition for Drug AwarenessTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication A group dedicated to educating others about the dangers of prescription medications. Site concentrates mainly on SSRI serotonin-enhancing medications.
Other resource N55 Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)http://www.cchr.org/ Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication Information on the use of medications in the treatment of mental illness. Site investigates and exposes human rights violations in the psychiatric industries.
Other resource N56 What You Should Know About Psychiatry and Psychiatric Drugshttp://www.outlookcities.com/psych/ What You Should Know About Psychiatry and Psychiatric DrugsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication Book reviews and psychiatric drug data.
Other resource N57 Why Am I Taking so Many Medications?http://www.ncpamd.com/Why_so_many_medications.htm Why Am I Taking so Many Medications?Top/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication Positive and negative reasons for the increase in medication use in America. A balanced view of this phenomenon.
Other resource N58 Doctor Zhttp://home.mindspring.com/~doctorz/id14.html Doctor ZTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication Dr. Scott Zentner, board-certified psychiatrist, shares his insights about new psychotropic medications and other mental health issues.
Other resource N59 Eli Lilly Drugshttp://www.oralchelation.net/data/Lilly/data6.htm Eli Lilly DrugsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication/Prozac Separate reference articles all about Eli Lilly and her dependency on anti depressant drugs.
Other resource N60 CNN: Columbine Shooter Was Prescribed Antidepressanthttp://cnn.com/HEALTH/9904/29/luvox.explainer/index.html CNN: Columbine Shooter Was Prescribed AntidepressantTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Medication/School_Violence Eric Harris was prescribed Luvox, an anti-depressant medication commonly used to treat patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Other resource N61 CHC Wausau Hospital's Medical Library - Psychosurgeryhttp://www.chclibrary.org/micromed/00062560.html CHC Wausau Hospital's Medical Library - PsychosurgeryTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Psychosurgery Definitions, history, description, a few key terms, and related reading.
Other resource N62 NoPsychshttp://www.nopsychs.org/ NoPsychsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Anti-Psychiatry_Organizations With more and more information available to the public on the negative aspects of psychiatry and psych drugs, people are looking for alternatives and will be looking for services such as these.
Other resource N63 Eakman, Beverlyhttp://www.BeverlyE.com Eakman, BeverlyTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Anti-Psychiatry_Organizations Articles and other links pertaining to this anti-psychiatric medication advocate, author, and spokesperson.
Other resource N64 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issueshttp://www.mathematica-mpr.com/3rdLevel/subabuse.htm Mental Health and Substance Abuse IssuesTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Substance_Abuse This site provides information on results from research on mental health and substance abuse by Mathematica Policy Research.
Other resource N65 HealthCentral.com Cool Toolshttp://www.healthcentral.com/cooltools/ct_mentalhealth/ct_mentalhealth.cfm HealthCentral.com Cool ToolsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Memory_Controversies Self-experiment showing the ease with which the mind can be fooled about "remembering" something.
Other resource N66 Behavioral Drugs Focus of Debate in Colorado Schoolshttp://www.nytimes.com/library/national/112599behavioral-drugs-edu.html Behavioral Drugs Focus of Debate in Colorado SchoolsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Articles A resolution recently passed by the Colorado Board of Education to discourage teachers from recommending behavioral drugs like Ritalin and Luvox. (Free registration to see article)
Other resource N67 Ariannaonline - The Dangers Of The White House Mental Health Conferencehttp://www.ariannaonline.com/columns/column.php?id=354 Ariannaonline - The Dangers Of The White House Mental Health ConferenceTop/Society/Issues/Health/Mental_Health/Articles Even after Koplewicz blamed school violence on untreated "depression or other mental health problems", no one in that conference challenged the doctor by reminding him that three of the recent shooters had been treated.
Other resource N68 Mothers Against Misuse and Abusehttp://www.mamas.org/ Mothers Against Misuse and AbuseTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs MAMA offers a rational approach to the issues of drug use and its effect on the family. Provides a holistic approach and scientific drug education to all ages of society. Social and recreational alternatives to drug use.
Other resource N69 How Stuff Works: Athletic Drug Testinghttp://www.howstuffworks.com/athletic-drug-test.htm How Stuff Works: Athletic Drug TestingTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs Unbiased explanations of all the various performance enhancing drugs, and how athletes are tested for them, with many related links.
Other resource N70 The Victorian Drug Scenehttp://www.walrus.com/~gibralto/acorn/germ/drugs.html The Victorian Drug SceneTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs Provides information on the historical use of drugs, such as ether, with footnotes to resources of information.
Other resource N71 High Priceshttp://groups.msn.com/HighPrices/blog.msnw High PricesTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs Various current articles on the controlling of many different types of drugs.
Other resource N72 Making Medicines Safer - The Need for an Independent Drug Safety Boardhttp://www.nejm.org/content/1998/0339/0025/1851.asp Making Medicines Safer - The Need for an Independent Drug Safety BoardTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Medical/Drug_Safety From the New England Journal of Medicine. "Currently, after a drug is approved for marketing, we rely on a voluntary reporting system based on the assumption that a drug is safe... It is remarkable that at a time when the technology for collecting and analyzing large amounts of data is readily available, an independent, comprehensive, and systematic program of post-marketing drug surveillance does not exist."
Other resource N73 The World Center for Clinical Researchhttp://www.theworldccr.org The World Center for Clinical ResearchTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Medical/Drug_Safety An independent, nonprofit, multi-disciplinary, world-order organization, trying to address the issue of adequate control over clinical research data.
Other resource N74 The David Healy Affairhttp://www.pharmapolitics.com/ The David Healy AffairTop/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.
Other resource N75 Antibiotic Dosageshttp://www.drgreene.com/21_826.html Antibiotic DosagesTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Medical/Drug_Safety Dr. Greene answers a parent's question about antibiotic dosages and why the prescribed amount may differ from one infection to the next.
Other resource N76 National Drug Strategy Networkhttp://www.ndsn.org National Drug Strategy NetworkTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal Information sharing network. Takes no official positions on policy matters.
Other resource N77 Drugging Americahttp://www.druggingamerica.com Drugging AmericaTop/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.
Other resource N78 Australian National Council on Drugshttp://www.ancd.org.au Australian National Council on DrugsTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal The ANCD works to ensure that the expert voice of non-government organisations and individuals working in the drug field reaches all levels of government and influences policy.
Other resource N79 Almanac of Policy Issues: Drug Policyhttp://www.policyalmanac.org/crime/drugs.shtml Almanac of Policy Issues: Drug PolicyTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal Background information and links on U.S. drug policy issues.
Other resource N80 Give the People What They Wanthttp://members.tripod.com/~unicorn_rg/newest.html/ Give the People What They WantTop/Society/Issues/Health/Drugs/Illegal Argues that the government should fund research into safe alternatives to recreational illegal drugs, that provide the same benefits without any of the dangerous ill-effects.

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