'Side Effects' Is a Churning Cat-and-Mouse Game of Lies, Betrayal and Corruption

'Side Effects' Is a Churning Cat-and-Mouse Game of Lies, Betrayal and Corruption

Filed under: Crack Addiction Symptoms

“Better living through chemistry,” quips psychiatrist Jonathan Banks (Jude Law) as he cracks an energy drink before running off to see another patient. Early on in Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects, Banks is … Each one comes with a laundry list of … Read more on PopMatters

 

Pain pills scarce; users scared

Filed under: Crack Addiction Symptoms

Local emergency rooms should prepare to treat patients suffering withdrawal from powerful narcotics as the state cracks down on pill mills and suspends the licenses of doctors it says are over-prescribing pain medications such as Oxycodone and … Read more on Marco Island Sun Times

 

Revisiting the 'Crack Babies' Epidemic That Was Not

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This week's Retro Report video on “crack babies” (infants born to addicted mothers) lays out how limited scientific studies in the 1980s led to predictions that a generation of children would be damaged for life. Those predictions turned out to be … Read more on New York Times