Tag: Deadly

In October, it was confirmed that children’s cough syrups were the cause of the illnesses. Investigators suspected the syrups were contaminated with diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol. My food fraud spidey-senses began to tingle and, in Issue 60’s food fraud news, I speculated...

Now imagine you invented an unmanned aircraft that actually works enough to take off, fly where you want it to and land at the helm of some person in a warehouse eating potato chips. Anything created for comfort can just as easily be refitted for war. So, the progression of remote controlled anyt...

99 percent of what you hear about the October 7th massacre revolves around the thousands of years of conflict, antisemitism, intelligence failures, and the possibility of a World War III. Yes, these and other reasons are indeed true, but the loss of life and unimaginable brutality on October 7th its...

When Black Americans say racism is everywhere in this country, even in the air we breathe, we’re not just whistling Dixie. There is a relationship between the air quality and the racial makeup of communities. To understand why, we must consider the historical factors that brought us to this po...

Call it what you will, but the psychiatric factitious disorder, one step removed, that causes physical and emotional harm to kids and adults is still primarily known as Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy (MSP). Some wish to change the nomenclature to Fabricated or Induced Illne...

As a therapist, I’m often asked what the most common sin I see in my sessions out of Dante’s seven deadly sins. To be fair, I see all the sins in various ways and that is not a negative judgment. Additionally, I’m not Christian but if I were, I would say I have my own sins to focus...

According to Quinones, the question of who profits from the spread of meth and synthetic opioids like fentanyl isn’t as clear-cut as it was in his previous book. “Certainly there’s an enormous population of people in Mexico that are profiting from it,” he said. Producers get ...

Mixing alcohol and opioids can have serious consequences. Depressants, like opioids or alcohol, slow the body’s functions and can cause drowsiness, confusion, and difficulty breathing. Consuming both together increases your chance of a deadly overdose. If you’re prescrib...