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Critics Mock Barbra Streisand For Asking Melissa McCarthy About Weight Loss Drug

Barbra Streisand faced backlash on Tuesday after comments directed at actress Melissa McCarthy were publicly posted on Instagram. The 82-year-old singing and acting legend commented on a photo of McCarthy in a mint green dress at a gala, asking if she had taken Ozempic, a drug often talked about among celebrities for weight loss. Ta. […]

Former Sheriff’s Deputy Allegedly Worked As Insider For Drug Cartel Once Led By The Notorious ‘El Chapo’: REPORT

A former Riverside County Sheriff’s correctional deputy, arrested in September 2023 for alleged possession of Fentanyl, has been alleged to have been part of a wider investigation into drug-trafficking by the Mexican cartel once headed by the infamous Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. Jorge Oceguera-Rocha was charged with possession of narcotics for market purposed and transportation […]

US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana: sources

WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, the Associated Press reported. This is a historic shift in American drug policy for generations and could have far-reaching ramifications across the country. The DEA’s proposal, which still needs to be reviewed by the White House Office of Management […]

Sanders locks onto next drug pricing target: Ozempic 

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Sanders announced this week that he is launching an investigation into Novo Nordisk’s product pricing. Ozempic and Wigoby. In a letter to Novo Nordisk’s CEO, Sanders said: “We are excited to develop these potentially game-changing drugs for the millions of Americans living with type 2 diabetes […]

Sanders launches investigation into ‘unacceptable’ diabetes, weight loss drug prices

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, on Wednesday criticized the “exorbitantly high prices” of Novo Nordisk’s diabetes and weight loss drugs. ” has started an investigation. Ozempic and Wegoby. Sanders on Wednesday written In a letter to Novo Nordisk CEO Lars Fluergaard Jorgensen, he informed of […]

Biden grants clemency to 16 nonviolent drug offenders

A nursing student, a truck driver, and a mother are among the 16 people who were pardoned or have had their sentences commuted by President Joe Biden. Biden has made a concerted effort during his administration to grant clemency to people who were imprisoned for nonviolent drug offenses, including Katrina Polk. Polk, 54, of Washington, […]

Alzheimer’s drug embrace slows down as US doctors’ reluctance grows

Nine months after the U.S. launch of the first drug proven to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, Eisai and Biogen’s Requemby faces unexpected hurdles to widespread use. That’s a stereotype among some doctors that treating diseases that rob people of their memory is futile. Alzheimer’s disease experts had anticipated bottlenecks due to Requemby’s requirements, […]