Man Who Killed 2 in Modesto Had 'Methamphetamine-Induced Psychosis'

Published February 5, 2014

Man who killed 2 in Modesto had 'methamphetamine-induced psychosis'
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MODESTO — A forensic psychologist on Monday testified that a defendant was experiencing "methamphetamine-induced psychosis" when he fired an automatic rifle, killing two people and seriously injuring a third inside a west Modesto home. Tou Vang Xiong … Read more on Fresno Bee

The Third Man: William S. Burroughs At One Hundred
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Like many people, I'd read the Beats as a teenager but returning to their books after a decade was a strange and unsettling experience. Novels that had once inspired travel, hedonism …. You start bending the word addiction out of shape and you see … Read more on The Quietus

Time for a rethink: why the pharmaceutical R&D system needs to change
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The first was the reported statement by Bayer CEO Marijn Dekkers that its cancer drug Nexavar was not developed “for the Indian market” but for “Western patients who can afford this product”. The second … Multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB treatment is … Read more on Managing Intellectual Property (subscription) (blog)