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Flood of Fake Drugs Must Be Stopped, Warns UN

...tes to enforce legislation to ensure drugs are not illegally manufactured or diverted from authorised manufacture and distribution channels to unregulated markets. The existence of unregulated markets means that second-rate medicines – which can be lethal – are sold to consumers. "It is important for cons...

Amphetamine, Cocaine Use Increase Risk of Stroke in Young Adults

...amines, which are produced in illegal drug labs or illegally imported into the country. Amphetamines are stim...rescribed for various medical uses as well as used illegally as drugs of choice or as performance enhancers. Methamphetamines (meth) produce more potent, longe...

Court Issues Notice to Venugopal Over Fund Irregularities

...patient alleging// that the state-run hospital had illegally collected about Rs.450 million in excess from patients undergoing treatment at its cardiac and neuro center. Additional Sessions Judge Swarnakanta Mehra issued notices Thursday to Venugopal, Mayank Sharma, former senior financial advisor, Arti Viz,...

Medical Marijuana to Be Legalized

... that would otherwise immobilize him. They grow it illegally or procure it through the black market for a very high price which is financially crippling. And because marijuana is an illegal substance, people who sell pot to such patients could still face criminal charges. On June 1, the Connecticut State Sen...

Pakistani Doctors Behind Bars for Illegal Kidney Removals

...f Lahore have arrested four doctors engaged in the illegally removing human kidneys, officials said Saturday. The arrests were made Friday night after police apprehended three middlemen and recovered nine men and a woman being held at a heavily guarded house in the city, Lahore police chief Aftab Cheema sai...

US Halts Import of Chinese Toothpaste

...hough. The two toothpaste brands entered Panama illegally from China through a free-trade zone, Panamanian public investigators said. The safety of food imports from China will be discussed during economic talks in Washington, a U.S. official said....

Anemia Drug Overused and Could Hasten Death in Some, Say Experts

...ow. (Known by its nickname "epo," it has been used illegally by some athletes to boost endurance). In 1993, erythropoietin use was expanded to include cancer patients who become temporarily anemic from chemotherapy. That use is increasing, with sales up about 40 percent since 2002. Of the 1.4 million Ameri...

Asian Workers Race Against Clock to Avoid Prison

... that, if they are caught still here and operating illegally they face up to 10 years in prison, followed by de...ce then, said Mohammed, he has been in the country illegally for 10 months. 'The 35 years I spent in Dubai have not benefited me at all and I now have to reser...

Benoits Son Suffered from Fragile X Syndrome, a Rare Mental Disability

...s, and we will continue to prosecute all those who illegally distribute narcotics and controlled substances to Albany citizens,' he said in the statement. Six people, including two of the pharmacy's owners, have pleaded guilty in the investigation, and 20 more have been arrested, including doctors and pharma...

Pete Doherty Set for Another Drug Trial

...ebruary, that he might face jail if caught driving illegally again after admitting motoring charges. In 2005 he spent five days in Pentonville jail on remand in 2005 before blackmail and robbery charges were dropped against him. He was also jailed in 2003 for burgling an ex-bandmate's flat....

Underage Youth Get Alcohol from Social Sources

...ol from social sources of alcohol, individuals who illegally provide alcohol to youth, as opposed to commercial sources. Many types of social sources of alcohol are used by underage youth, including parents, parents of friends, friends, acquaintances, co-workers, siblings, and even strangers approached outs...

Manufacturer to Pay $20 Million for Improperly Promoting a Sleep Disorder Drug

...tigation into claims that one of its subsidiaries illegally marketed a narcolepsy drug for other unapproved us...t five years - Orphan executives pleaded guilty to illegally promoting their drug Xyrem. That medication has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administra...

Doctor Pours Ethics Down The Drain In A Bid To Make A Quick Buck

...never met or examined , as part of a business that illegally distributed sex-enhancing drugs to hundreds of customers. Ana Maria Santi has become the second doctor to plead guilty in the federal investigation, which has also grounded the owner of a pharmaceutical company who hired the doctors.Santi, 68, of Ne...

Doctor Protests may Hinder Portugal's New Abortion Law

...ion for family planning, 18,000 Portuguese aborted illegally in 2005....

Illegal Immigrants Allowed To Stay A Year More To Care For Their Child

.... The U.S.-born girl's parents crossed the border illegally 17 years ago, and they had been ordered to surrend...ation Appeals ruled they were in the United States illegally and gave them the option of leaving on their own. Before the decision to allow the parents to remai...

Bird Flu in Asia Still High Risk Says WHO Official

...ked about those who transport their fighting cocks illegally across the border between Malaysia and southern Thailand for contests, Omi said: "We need to educate the public (against it)." Transmission of bird flu to humans remains very rare, and limited to those in frequent contact with infected poultry. But...

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