Dr. Oz owns stock in companies that supply hydroxychloroquine, the anti-malaria drug he pushed the White House to use as unproven COVID treatment

Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, takes part in a Republican Jewish Coalition event in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. Matt Rourke, File/Associated Press Dr. Oz emailed the White House in March 2020 promoting an anti-malaria drug to treat COVID-19. Oz owns stock in two companies that supply the drug, financial […]

Trump called on lawmakers to institute the ‘death penalty for drug dealers’ despite the fact that he pardoned people convicted of selling drugs

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. Mary Altaffer/Associated Press Trump spoke at a rally Saturday for the first time since the August 8 search at Mar-a-Lago. Trump said he was calling on lawmakers to institute capital punishment for drug dealers. But before leaving office, Trump pardoned […]

NCIS season 18 spoilers: Nick Torres to help Fornell take down drug ring in first-look

For episode four, Sunburn, the show’s plot reads: “McGee (Sean Murray) and his wife Delilahs (Margo Harshman) Bahamian vacation turns into a high-stakes mission when the case NCIS is tracking of a dead escape room manager has ties to the island.” However, it’s episode five, Head of the Snake, which will bring Fornell’s storyline to […]

Drug companies are sitting on generics—43% of recently approved aren’t for sale

Enlarge (credit: Getty | Ute Grabowsky ) Of the more than 1,600 generic drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration since January of 2017, more than 700—or 43 percent—are not for sale in the US, according to a new analysis by Kaiser Health News. The finding means that many pricy, brand-name drugs are not […]

Recreational drug use 'widespread' among English footballers, says professor

Drugs such as cocaine and marijuana are commonly used by England’s top flight footballers amid claims that the FA does not take drug-testing seriously, according to an expert in researching the use of drugs in sport. Professor Ivan Waddington, who works at the University of Chester, has spent decades analyzing the impact of drugs on […]

Ending Weed Prohibition Hasn’t Stopped Drug Crimes

James Graham Legalizing POT was supposed to reduce crime, or so advocates argued. The theory was simple: As cannabis buyers beat a path to the nearest dispensary, the black market would dry up, and with it the industry’s criminal element. Indeed, a study recently published in The Economic Journal found that after medical marijuana was […]