The organism ‘opium poppy’ and its usefulness to medication Opium is used for a very wide variety of things. The basic uses of opium are for pharmaceutical medication, used as medicine called morphine by many hospitals around the world as an effective pain killer to reduce suffering just before death. However, the opium poppy can be used in other industries which are illegal in the majority of democratic countries the use of the poppy for the production of heroin is extremely common. It –the opium poppy used of medication- was first discovered by a German chemist in 1804. Many used to call the opium poppy as a joy plant in 3000BC.
Diacetylmorphine is produced my drying opium poppy seeds and treating it with acetic anhydride and then adding 2 acetyl groups to a molecule of morphine. Some of the physical properties displayed by heroin are white, brown, crystalline powder that has a bitter taste. (I can not attest to this but it can be found in my research.) Chemical properties in heroin are that it is a light brown solid, melts at 154-161oC and should be kept in storage at -20oC. Some dangers of heroin can be lead to addiction, acute toxicity, Nervous System disturbances, an asthma.
Physician-assisted suicide as defined under the bill is the right to request lethal drugs by the “terminally-ill” who have only six-months to live. The so-called helpless patients then self-administer the drugs with the intent to end their lives. Physician-assisted suicide is more commonly known as doctor-assisted suicide or voluntary euthanasia. The first problem with voluntary euthanasia is that it is biblically wrong. Psalm 71:9 states, “Do not cast me off when I am old, do not forsake me when my strength is gone,” and Proverbs 24:11, “Rescue those being led away to death, hold back those staggering towards slaughter.” Both of these state that we should do the opposite of voluntary euthanasia.
Forest Laboratories were charged with concerns that two studies were accomplished to help expedite the FDA’s approval of use of these antidepressants in treating young people. One study showed that the drugs were of no help to the young people and could even be harmful to them. The other study, which was financed by the company, showed positive results of the use of these drugs in young people. Since Forest Laboratories promoted the study that showed positive results, they hid the negative one from their own medical advisors and sales reps for three years. It was later surfaced when the New York Times published an article about it.
Abstract In this paper I will discuss anti-trust law as it relates to pharmaceuticals. The company in question is being investigated on the grounds that they are intentionally delaying the release of generic versions of its best selling anti-depressant. I will discuss why the company would want to delay this release, the legal barriers for other companies to enter this market, and the ethical dilemmas apparent in this situation. I will be specifically discussing the anti-trust lawsuit which involved Bayer and its drug Cipro and another similar suit involving Hoescht Marion Roussel, Inc and its drug Cardizem CD. Antitrust Law and the Ethical Ramifications of Generic versus Brand Name Drugs Antitrust laws are on the books in the U.S. to prevent companies from cornering the market on a specific product, ensuring fair competition and lower prices for consumers.
The first was, how did they fill up the capsule with the little pills? I envisioned someone (an Oompa Loompa?) filling up the blue bottom and then oh-so-very carefully stacking up the pills one on top of the other and then quickly slapping on the top. How did both halves come together each filled with pills without some falling out?Honestly, 45 years later I'm still not sure how that's accomplished. Second, was there any chance at all that the Tiny Time Pills were actually candy like the "pills" that came in the toy nursing kits which were popular with my crowd?
The experiments took place in 1948 and just came to light, thanks to a researcher who discovered the experiments in notes kept by one of the federal officials involved in the Tuskegee experiment. The Guatemalan experiments have been kept secret until now — some 64 years later, which confirms that federal officials can be very adept at keeping nefarious federal conspiracies secret. What U.S. officials did was bring prostitutes that they knew were infected by syphilis into Guatemalan jails to infect prisoners, so that U.S. officials would be able to study the effect that antibiotics had on the syphilis. Some of the prisoners, however, failed to contract syphilis from the prostitutes. No problem.
Product Liability Lawsuit Mattel was hit with lead paint class action suit on August 20, 2007.The suit, to be filed in Alameda County Superior Court under California's Proposition 65 law, would force manufacturers and retailers to adopt procedures for inspecting products to make sure they are safe. Barring that, they would be required to warn consumers that the items contained chemicals known to cause cancer or birth defects. Describe the company and the product safety issue that led to the lawsuit. On August 2, 2007, Mattel's Fisher-Price subsidiary recalled almost one million Chinese-made toys, including Dora the Explorer and Sesame Street toys, because of potential hazards from parts of the toys which were colored using lead-based paint that may have exceeded the US Federal limit of 600 parts per million. On August 14, 2007, Mattel recalled over 18 million products because it was possible that they could pose a danger to children due to the use of strong magnets that may detach.
The first vaccinations started in the 18th century by Edward Jenner, he had heard that people that had cowpox, which was not to serious for humans, were immune to smallpox. So Jenner took pus from cowpox sore and inoculated a boy, six weeks later he took smallpox pus and inoculated the boy again, and the boy did not get smallpox (4). Later Louis Pasteur using this same technique developed a rabies vaccine, and by the nineteenth century vaccines were considered a matter of national prestige, and compulsory laws were passed. Even though some people think vaccinations are not safe, this is nothing new. Opposition to vaccines has existed since the earliest vaccination campaigns.
This would not be the case if doctors and patients treat medical marijuana like any other prescription drug. If it is handled like any other prescription drug in the sense that a patient has to have a written prescription for it and it is disbursed through a pharmacy. If patients have a written prescription for it then that will also help federal agents to identify people that might be using it recreationally too. For a doctor to be able to write prescriptions for medical marijuana they should be trained on what illnesses they are allowed to write the prescription for, have testing for those illnesses to prove that those patients have an illness that is in need of a medical marijuana prescription, and have a rule stating that they are only allowed to give a prescription for medical marijuana if all other prescription options have been exhausted. If people try to make fake prescriptions for drug trafficking or their own recreational use then federal agents will be able to know what prescriptions are fake and then also who they are able to prosecute.