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Wikipedia has become one of the most expansive and popular reference sources on the web. With 4.7 million articles, 9.2 billion monthly pageviews1, and over 30,000 active editors volunteering on the English Wikipedia, it’s often the first place anyone goes for both quick overviews and in-depth information on almost any topic. But when anyone can […]

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook You need only glance at the headlines or turn on the TV news to hear about the perils of drug abuse – the ravages on the body and the mind, the devastation to addicts’ families and friends. While the immediacy of health and social issues are hard to refute, […]

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook When it comes to drugs that are as addictive as they are destructive, methamphetamine (aka meth) has few rivals. It works by releasing a rush of dopamine into the body, which causes an intense euphoric high for the user. The aftermath of meth use is an exhausted body and […]

The U.S. has a long and significant history with pharmaceutical medicines. Many of these medications treat an array of debilitating diseases and conditions, and are thus highly valuable to our society. However, as is the case with many great things in life, there is also a potential downside. Prescription drugs can interact with one’s body […]

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Every year in the United States, more than 136 million people visit an emergency room for issues ranging from the relatively benign to the potentially fatal. While the reasons for an ER visit vary considerably from person to person, there is one all-too-common factor among many of them: the […]

Wikipedia has become one of the most expansive and popular reference sources on the web. With 4.7 million articles, 9.2 billion monthly pageviews1, and over 30,000 active editors volunteering on the English Wikipedia, it’s often the first place anyone goes for both quick overviews and in-depth information on almost any topic. But when anyone can […]

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook There are many roads to the top in life. And though the path through drug addiction will get users high, it by no means provides a route to the top. A path dominated by substance abuse can bring people to incredible, and sometimes unbelievable, lows. Sometimes, the path through […]

As social media rises, so does celebrity use of social media. Through Facebook, Twitter and now Instagram, people can get in touch with the day-to-day of some of their favorite media icons. But what happens when drugs get involved? When celebrities use their social media accounts, often with millions of followers, to publicize their drug […]

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook “I want to sell drugs to everyone. I want to sell drugs to healthy people. I want drugs to sell like chewing gum.” With that statement, former Merck CEO Henry Gadsden established the driving force of the pharmaceutical industry more than 30 years ago. With those words, the Big […]