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The arrest of Tohti, a peaceful, moderate advocate of the rights of Uyghurs in China, who was prevented in 2013 from taking a position as visiting scholar at Indiana University, further closes avenues for the expression of peaceful dissent in Xinijang … Read more on Human Rights Watch
Prescription drug abuse task force makes progress
In late December, the Indiana Attorney General's Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force made efforts to tackle the prescription drug abuse problem in Indiana, prevent abuse from happening and heal those already affected by it. Joan Duwve, chief medical … Read more on Purdue Exponent
Pseudoephedrine prescription is no answer to the problem of meth
Truth: The retail and pharmaceutical industries have joined with the Indiana State Medical Association, the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians, the AFL-CIO, the Indiana Pharmacists Alliance and the Indiana Minority Health Coalition, among others, to … Read more on News Sentinel
Common practice: Doctors with abuse problems allowed to continue practicing
“It's a bit like playing roulette,” said Dr. Sidney Wolfe, founder and senior adviser of Public Citizen's Health Research Group in Washington, D.C. “With the best of intentions of a rehab program, such a person is more likely to go back to drugs or … Read more on Jamestown Sun
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