by Peter Venetoklis | Sep 8, 2016 | Economics, Health, Politics
The attached graphic crossed my browser screen today. As you can see, it’s an OMG BIG PHARMA IS EVIL graphic from the Bernie Sanders camp. It asserts that a particular drug is four times more expensive in America than it is in three nations that have socialized...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 31, 2016 | Culture
The internet has gone all atwitter over a recording of a woman berating a Lyft driver for having a Hawaiian hula doll on his dashboard. The short video is well worth a watch, if only to demonstrate that social justice warriors (SJWs) do exist in real life and do fit...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 24, 2016 | Culture, Election, Politics
For Hillary Clinton, the hits just keep on coming. The Associated Press, not exactly known for hostility directed at the Clintons, broke the story that “More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 24, 2016 | Drug Policy
Recent news concerning the overdose death of Prince points at the possibility that the pain pills he was taking were counterfeit. It seems that Prince thought he was taking Vicodin (or the generic equivalent), but the pills were actually Fentanyl. The linked article...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Aug 20, 2016 | Drug Policy
Editor’s Note: This is the third in an on-going series of articles on the realities of the War on Drugs as seen by a New York City paramedic. Previous articles are here and here, and I highly recommend anyone who wants to understand the human toll this...
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