Drug Links, Various

Pharmacology, Politics, and Recovery

* USA Today article on Opana abuse rivalling Oxy abuse.

* US Attorneys Crack Down on California Medical Marijuana Dispensaries.

* Downloadable reports from Alcohol Justice, an industry watchdog group.

* With regard to the approval of Lorcaserin as a diet pill, here's the saga of Phen-Fen--how a blockbuster diet pill died.

* Why the Dutch "weed pass" won't work.

* Cigars won't save you: Cigars cause your body similar problems as cigarettes.

* Playwright Sam Shepard on his stint in rehab: “I finally did AA down on Pico Boulevard. I said, 'Don’t put me in with Elton John or anything, just throw me to the lions.’”

* 4,848 and 390: number of medical marijuana providers in Montana in March 2011 and June 2012, respectively.

* Andrea Mitchell talks to NIDA's Nora Volkow

* Listen to the talking urinal cake: Don’t drive drunk

* Feds say celebrity psychiatrist Dr. Drew was paid by Glaxo to talk up antidepressant on TV.

* Reactions to Marc Ambinder's GQ piece on Obama and the Drug War

* Lengthy interview with Drug Czar Kerlikowske by Mike Guy at The Fix:


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