By Gretchen Losi, Daily Press, Victorville, Calif. Dec. 31--VICTORVILLE -- More teenagers are turning from illicit drugs like marijuana to prescription medications and overthe-counter drugs like cough syrup to get high, according to a new study. And the Victor Valley isn't immune.

VICTORVILLE — More teenagers are turning from illicit drugs like marijuana to prescription medications and overthe-counter drugs like cough syrup to get high, according to a new study.

EAST LANSING — Amelia Brumm feels that the recognition she has received is not so much about what she has done, but more about when she did it. A native of Farrell, Pa., a small mill town, Brumm knew college was impossible for her.

In light of proposed sterner warning labels for acetaminophen, aspirin, and ibuprofen by federal health officials, patients may wish to consider the benefits of physical therapist intervention for pain relief from certain conditions, according to the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). [click link for full article]

A man suspended from work after testing positive for pot has filed a human rights complaint, claiming his boss refused to let him see the company drug-testing policy.

REGIONAL Maplewood-based 3M Co. said Friday that it has completed the sale of its U.S. pharmaceutical operations to Graceway Pharmaceuticals LLC of Bristol, Tenn. The sale was part of a deal announced in November, under which 3M said it would sell its drug operations in the U.S., Canada and Latin America to Graceway, its European operations to Meda AB, and its drug business in the Asia Pacific ...

On the day after Thanksgiving 1979, Judee Sill, a 35-year-old, deeply depressed and physically broken singer-songwriter, took an overdose of opiates and cocaine in her North Hollywood apartment. The Los Angeles coroner ruled Sill's death a suicide, but those who knew her better have always contended that the "note" found near her body -- a meditation on rapture, the hereafter and the innate ...

By Jamie Satterfield, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn. Dec. 29--A Knoxville doctor accused of peddling powerful pain-killing pills surrendered his license to dispense legal dope Thursday. Sanford K. Myers appeared before U.S.

Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. regulators delayed approval of an experimental Nuvo Research Inc. arthritis lotion based on the same method of relieving pain as Merck & Co.'s Vioxx, withdrawn two years ago because of a link to heart attacks and strokes.

The sale was part of a multiple purchaser deal announced in November, where 3M said it would sell off its Asia Pacific drug business to Ironbridge Capital and Archer Capital, European drug operations to Meda AB, and U.S., Canadian, and Latin American operations to Graceway, for a total of about $2.1 billion.