Quickies
Quickies: OxyContin, the best PAC, and a “wellness” advocate facing legal action
- OxyContin’s 12 hour problem – “But OxyContin’s stunning success masked a fundamental problem: The drug wears off hours early in many people, a Los Angeles Times investigation found. OxyContin is a chemical cousin of heroin, and when it doesn’t last, patients can experience excruciating symptoms of withdrawal, including an intense craving for the drug.” From Pteryxx.
- Meet the PAC dedicated to dissuading straight white men from running for office – From Mindy.
- Disgraced “wellness” advocate facing legal action over cancer claims – “Disgraced so-called wellness advocate Belle Gibson, who claimed to have cured her own cancer through alternative medicine before admitting she did not have the disease, is facing legal action.” From Jack99.
- Lupita Nyong’o checks Vogue for comparing her hairdo to Audrey Hepburn – From Alex.
- Hey guys, I was on the latest episode of Read it and Weep and I had to read a really long, really boring fantasy book with tons of torture in it, so please go listen.
- Cute Animal Friday! My local SPCA has a livestream of their adoption center. I’m a sucker for livestreams of animals, so please let me know about any more!
Addiction is a horrible thing, i can’t even imagine being unable to fight my own bodies urges.
I started listening to a podcast recently called Embedded and they talked with people who were addicted to an opioid called Opana.
It’s heartbreaking and it shows how unintended consequences work sometimes. The manufacturer tried to stop the illegal sales of the drug (that was initially snorted) by adding a coating to the pill to make it harder to crush. What it instead did was caused the users to figure out a way to inject it, inadvertently touched off an HIV outbreak in Indiana caused by needle sharing.
It’s hard to listen too but it’s a good podcast.