pharmaceutical industry
Pharmacists in the Sunshine State claim that Cardinal Health cut off pain meds without warning. DEA warns of "danger" to the public. MORE
Casey Anthony's probation report says she's sober, Ukraine's winter death toll blamed on alcoholism, and Sony Pictures pays big for boozy Sundance movie, Smashed. MORE
By Moe Tkacik
A widespread shortage of the ADD pill is driving a nation of Adderall users to distraction. Naturally, it all comes down to drug company profits. MORE
By Jed Bickman
Pharma companies dig deep into their pockets to smooth over "irregularities," while mis-prescribing MDs are hard to touch. MORE
By Jed Bickman
Pharmaceutical companies make juicy payments of cash and gourmet meals to doctors who prescribe their drugs. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Tough Times for New Drug Research, Rehabilitated Addicts in Iran, and a Corpse on Every Cigarette Pack. MORE
By Dirk Hanson
Major pharmaceutical firms employ 250 companies to write rave reviews of new drugs in America's top scientific journals, and pay doctors big bucks to lend them their bylines. MORE
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South Asian cartels muscle into the meth market, missing actor Nick Stahl turns up in rehab, and public punishment for author's daughter for Facebook vodka photo.
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Some of these dancing addicts used to beg outside the theaters they now perform in, their director tells The Fix.
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The tobacco giant won't self-congratulate too loudly for the profitable popularity of its "Crush" cigarettes among kids.
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Horse-racing's drunken spokesbeast is played by an actor who hasn't had a drink in 20 years.
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Actor Shah Rukh Khan, the "King of Bollywood," is banned from a stadium in Mumbai.
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