ABC NEWS – DAY 1: — US Government Fails to Oversee Treatment of Children With Mind-Altering Drugs
ABC NEWS – DAY 1: — US Government Fails to Oversee Treatment of Children With Mind-Altering Drugs – www.psychsearch.net SEE DAY TWO HERE: youtu.be ABC NEWS US Government Fails to Oversee Treatment of Foster Children With Mind-Altering Drugs By DR. MARK ABDELMALEK, BRINDA ADHIKARI, SARAH KOCH, JOSEPH DIAZ and CLAIRE WEINRAUB Nov. 30, 2011 The federal government has not done enough to oversee the treatment of America’s foster children with powerful mind-altering drugs, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to be released Thursday. ABC News was given exclusive access to the GAO report, which capped off a nationwide yearlong investigation by ABC News on the overuse of the most powerful mind-altering drugs on many of the country’s nearly 425000 foster children. The GAO’s report, based on a two-year-long investigation, looked at five states — Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Oregon and Texas. Thousands of foster children were being prescribed psychiatric medications at doses higher than the maximum levels approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in these five states alone. And hundreds of foster children received five or more psychiatric drugs at the same time despite absolutely no evidence supporting the simultaneous use or safety of this number of psychiatric drugs taken together.
Medigene's Drug VeregenR Obtains Market Approval In Switzerland
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Market launch planned during 2012 Martinsried/Munich, March 30, 2012. MediGene AG (MDG, Frankfurt, Prime Standard) announced today that Veregen R for the treatment of genital warts has obtained market approval in Switzerland. Market launch of Veregen R …
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Calderon Would-Be Successors Suffer Lack of Incumbent Stature
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By Nacha Cattan on March 30, 2012 Mexico's three presidential candidates will try to convince an increasingly apathetic electorate they can win a drug war that has claimed more than 47000 lives since 2006 as they start campaigning today ahead of the …
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State Institute Awards More Than Million to Support Cancer Drug Discovery …
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AUSTIN, Texas, Mar 29, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Cancer Research and Prevention Institute of Texas (CPRIT) today announced funding in excess of $ 81 million to support cancer research and commercialization projects in Texas.
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