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NOMINATED. ANDREW VON ESCHENBACH, 64, as George W. Bush's third Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner; in Washington. The promotion of Von Eschenbach, who has been acting FDA chief since the resignation of Lester Crawford last September, promptly stalled over the controversy surrounding Plan B, the "morning after" pill. A urology surgeon who has led the National Cancer Institute since 2002 (he now plans to retire from that job), Von Eschenbach enters a long-simmering battle. The Bush Administration has so far delayed a decision on whether to approve the emergency contraceptive pill for over-the-counter use despite...
...Alliance (BGLTSA) have applauded last week’s decision by the American Red Cross to call for the end of a government ban on blood donations from men who have had sex with other men. The ban, implemented in 1990, is a policy imposed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). “I think the decision from the Red Cross is long overdue,” Ryan R. Thoreson ’07, one of the BGLTSA co-chairs, wrote in an e-mail. BGLTSA co-chair Mischa A. Feldstein ’07 said the current...
...recent Harvard study found that Concerta, an alternative delayed-release drug used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) may be less likely to be abused than traditional medications. Thomas J. Spencer of Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital, the chief researcher, said Concerta addresses the problem of abuse on two levels—in addition to not producing a euphoric effect, the drug comes in a nearly indestructible capsule. According to Spencer, this makes Concerta “phenomenally difficult to abuse,” as it is impossible to crush in order to inhale. While past ADHD drugs have...
...entered the room next door that same night and charged three undergraduates with marijuana possession and distribution.And police last month allegedly found 38 hits of LSD in the Quincy House dorm room of an undergraduate, who now faces a minimum of two years in prison if convicted for a drug violation within a school zone.Although police reports say that in all three cases undergraduates voluntarily allowed police inside, these incidents raise questions about the rights undergraduates retain when they move into college dormitories and just how far their fourth amendment search-and-seizure rights go to protect them.One...
...document weighs in on genocide, avian flu, AIDS, drug cartels and other stateless threats to American safety, but it doesn't offer a new strategy on these topics, beyond reiterating what the administration has done such as the $15 billion, five-year effort to stem AIDS. As with much of life, especially in Washington, the details get worked out later...