NEW YORK - Sales of prescription painkillers are exploding in new areas, and experts are worried that's creating a wave of addiction.

Pharmacies, hospitals and physicians dispensed the equivalent of 69 tons of pure oxycodone and 42 tons of pure hydrocodone in 2010. That's enough to give 40 5-mg Percocets and 24 5-mg Vicodins to every man, woman and child in the United States.

An analysis by The Associated Press shows distribution of the two drugs is booming from New York's Staten…

Originally published April 17, 2012 at 2:21 PM | Page modified April 18, 2012 at 5:53 AM

Warren Buffett says he has been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer but the 81-year-old chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is giving no indication he plans on retiring any time soon.

By JOSH FUNK

AP Business Writer…

U.S. Army National Guardsman Pfc. Philip Moore, 28, rests during a "down time" shift near the border fence with Mexico in Nogales, Ariz. (John Moore / Getty Images / June 22, 2011)

Halliburton Co. drilling a well using hydraulic fracturing in 2004. The company reported record revenue in North America even as natural gas production drops. (Los Angeles Times / April 18, 2012)

State representative Derrick Smith is shown leaving the Federal Building last month after he was charged with one count of accepting a bribe. | TOM CRUZE~Sun-Times

SPRINGFIELD — Defying calls for his resignation, indicted state Rep. Derrick Smith finally showed up for work Tuesday in the Illinois House, where he strode onto the House floor, was greeted…

By Shomari Stone and Joel Moreno Published: May 29, 2010 at 3:07 PM…

Dozens more phone-hacking legal claims launched

News Group Newspapers is facing 46 new claims in the phone-hacking civil litigation, including from footballer Wayne Rooney and Sir John Major's former daughter-in-law Emma Noble.

Lawyers said they also included Cherie Blair and politician Nigel Farage.

At the High Court, Mr Justice Vos is deciding issues concerned with a…

Monday, April 09, 2012 by: Jonathan Benson, staff writer

NY Times

By MICHAEL BARBARO

The two young men had woefully little in common: one was a wealthy Mormon from Michigan, the other a middle-class Jew from Israel.…

by Stephen Lendman

Gaza’s attacked regularly. Dozens of West Bank incursions occur weekly. Police state harshness and arrests follow.

In the week ending April 5, one Palestinian was killed and dozens injured, including 18 children. They were nonviolently commemorating Land Day.

Many others, including an international human rights defender,…

By Rick Steves …

"Violence toward children is rising, as the violence that children are exposed to through media is also increasing.  It is a recipe for creating a culture that is obsessed with themes of extinction.  Could it be that this is exactly the plan that elites are attempting to fulfill?"…

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 by: Aurora Geib

Foods that naturally boost the immune system

Foods that boost the body's immune system can offer a lot of healthy options for those who wish to be more conscious in what they take in. To be sustained, the immune system heavily depends on the stomach for support. Malnourished individuals are more susceptible to disease as opposed to those who observe a healthy nutritious diet. Below are some of these…

The Economic Collapse

April 17, 2012

The middle class in America is being systematically wiped out, and most people don’t even realize what is happening.  Every single year, millions more Americans fall out of the middle class and become dependent on the government.  The United States once had the largest and most vibrant…

BREAKING : 400 PROTESTERS ON BROOKLYN BRIDGE ARRESTED



more 400-protesters-on-brooklyn-bridge

Photo new york times real time censorship -reframing gatekeeping :

http://ning.it/nFLlGT

 



#occupyMAP - Map of People Occupying Wall…

Photo courtesy U.S. Army Medical Institute

By Greg Gordon | McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON…

This is one I was working on a year ago, well i found it and felt i should post it -

Forward to all if you find this information important

A NEW LOOK AT U.S. and Elite Corporation on there Quest for Global Genocide

The information you read below has been banned by 95% of all news media. As you read further you will find out why. Shocking Yes, but you will see why you need…