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Purdue Reformulated OxyContin to Reduce Abuse — Did They Succeed?

OxyContin was neither superior to old-fashioned immediate-release oxycodone, a cheaper generic, nor did it offer any advantage over other opioids like morphine.

Up, Up, And Away: The Evolution of Speed

Amphetamine was synthesized from ephedrine by German scientists in 1887, and methamphetamine, also created by Nagayoshi, arrived in 1893. Pharmacologist Akira Ogata took methamphetamine one step further

Prenatal Overdose Rejection Syndrome

A paper on how prenatal drug use and overdose traumatize a new life before birth

A Life-Saving Proposal: Offer Narcan Nasal Spray For Free

The pharmaceutical industry must move beyond a business and manufacture to become a beacon of action for the countless lives lost and impacted by the social blight of addiction.