In a January 2020 article in The Atlantic, “researchers … say opioid addiction looks like the result of a perfect storm of poverty, trauma, availability and pain.” Commenting on some of the research cited in that article, David Powell, senior economist at Rand, told The Atlantic that to produce the most lethal drug epidemic America has […]
The number of Americans dying from alcohol abuse each year has 2X’d since Y 1999, a new study reveals. Between Ys 1999 and 2017, alcohol-related deaths jumped from nearly 36,000 a year to nearly 73,000. That is about 1-M deaths lost to alcohol over less than 20 yrs, with White women experiencing the greatest annual […]
Monday, Christopher Ruddy declared that the House impeachment probe against President Trump is a political “media effort to get the President without any evidence of a crime” that is backed by flawed polling and despite other surveys showing strong support for the President. “This has been a plan and a strategy for the Democrats from […]
You may have seen it among your own friends: a high-profile #MeToo case triggers responses that assign some or all the blame on a victim of sexual harassment, with men more likely than women to side with an accused male. New research published Sunday in the Psychology of Women Quarterly suggests it is men’s empathy […]
FLASH: The legalization of marijuana comes with a very dark downside. Researchers reported that emergency departments across the State of Colorado saw a sharp spike in marijuana-related visits after recreational use of cannabis products was made legal. For the study, the researchers analyzed data on almost 10,000 patients seen at the UCHealth University of Colorado […]
Addiction is common in the US, more than people realize. There are approximately 22-M people in the United States over the age of 12 with an addiction, according to The National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Almost 80% of individuals who struggle from a substance abuse disorder in Y 2014 also struggled with an […]
IRS Audits of Americans Fall, Lowest Since 2002 The percentage of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) audits on Americans last year dropped for the 6th year running, marking the lowest level since Y 2002. The IRS audited 1 in 160 individual returns in Y 2017, down from a peak of 1 in 90 in Y 2010, […]
US House GOP Have Classified FISA Abuse Memo House Intelligence Committee Republicans are letting lawmakers in the lower chamber see a highly classified report outlining concerns about the conduct of top FBI and Justice Department officials, and their handling of a surveillance program. “We have concerns, [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] concerns that all members of […]
Flynn’s Plea Agreement Shows Mueller’s Investigation Is Illegal Sack Robert Mueller, his blatant abuses of power must end. General Flynn, and other Trump officials were being spied on by Barack Obama The Mueller investigation was supposed to turn up evidence of collusion. Instead it’s charged a Trump associates with a variety of crimes. None dealing […]
France Stripping Harvey Weinstein of Legion of Honor French President Emmanuel Macron, in response to the sex scandal surrounding Harvey Weinstein’s alleged sexual harassment and abuses on more than 36 women, has taken steps to strip the disgraced Hollywood producer of his Legion of Honor. Sunday, in a rare TV interview with TF1 President Macron […]
US Drug Overdose Deaths Spike Opioids are highly addictive. More than 2 million Americans now have an “opioid disorder.” Experts agree that the boom in Rx (prescription) painkillers triggered the rash of deaths from opioids in the United States today. A study published in April concluded that new medical marijuana laws reduced hospitalizations for opioid […]
About 10-M American Adults Suffer From Mental Illness A new US government report reveals that about 10-M American adults have a serious mental illness, and a similar number have considered suicide during the past year, according the report the nation’s behavioral ills. The report also said that 15.7-M Americans abuse alcohol and 7.7-M abuse illicit […]
Hussein Obama’s “Typhoid Mary” Abused Her Power for Political Reasons Former national security adviser Susan Rice committed a “monumental abuse of power” in unmasking the names of American citizens included in intelligence reports last year, former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy said Wednesday. “Abuses of power are offenses against the public trust,” Mr. McCarthy said in […]
Abused Animals Need Special Care as Pets Some of the things to know if you adopt a formerly abused pet Sadly, many animals, including family pets, are victims of abuse at some point in their lives. Abuse can be active in the form of physical attacks or punishment, or it can be passive. In some […]