BBB Warns of Medical Identity Theft
BBB warns of medical identity theft
Filed under: drug abuse treatment statistics
Imagine going in for medical treatment and finding out that your medical records, including your blood type, have been altered. That was the experience of … While annual surveys are done to determine the incidence of identity theft in general (over …
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Alcoholic with cirrhosis of the liver – 'I started sneaking in beer when I was 13'
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Do You Think It’s Silly That Tobacco Is Legal While Marijuana Is Not?
Question by mutterhals: Do you think it’s silly that tobacco is legal while marijuana is not?
“An exhaustive search of the literature finds no credible reports of deaths induced by marijuana. The US Drug Abuse Warning Network records instances of drug mentions in medical examiners’ reports, and though marijuana is mentioned, it is usually in combination with alcohol or other drugs. Marijuana alone has not been shown to cause an overdose death” – Quote via the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Administration
Why Does Bush Have Your Private Medical Records?
Question by Marc Miami: Why does Bush have your private medical records?
Bush administration is prying into your medical records in violation of the law
We learned yesterday that the Bush administration has created a database of every single prescription drug user/patient in the country (that would pretty much be all of us). The database was created pursuant to a 2005 law that was intended to prevent the abuse of prescription drugs. Funny that this massive new database of your private medical information is now being (ab)used for a purpose that wasn’t intended in or approved by the law.