While Legal, Doctors, Counselors, Police Cite Concerns About Effects of Kava

While legal, doctors, counselors, police cite concerns about effects of kava
“It all looks like addiction,” Bandy said, “but then you would think, 'I can't be addicted to something that's not a real drug.' ” Kava is a shrub whose roots are used to make a drink commonly used in the South Pacific islands for social, ceremonial … Read more on Palm Beach Post

Antibiotic use in hospitals tumbles
China's national campaign to crack down on prescription drug abuse appears to be making progress, after figures revealed a drop of 6 percentage points in the use of antibiotics in hospitals from 2008 to 2011. An annual report by the Chinese Academy of … Read more on AsiaOne

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The company's basic objective since its Nashville attorney's jumped in last year to fight the condemnation, has been to show that the city was attempting to use eminent domain to generate tax revenue property instead of taking the property to help with … Read more on Johnson City Press (subscription)