Getting the annual flu shot is always important. But this year, it might be essential. The SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus is surging throughout the state and much of the country, and many health experts are predicting an epidemic-level wave during the fall and winter months, right in the heart of the annual flu season in the U.S. […]
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Likely culprit
A prime suspect during the search for the cause of an outbreak of a lung disease commonly called “vaping illness” has been confirmed by a subsequent investigation. On Nov. 8, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the results of a recent run of testing, announcing that vitamin E acetate had been found in the […]
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Safety meeting
Sage Wellness hosted the Vape Safe event at its dispensary, 4200 N. Western Ave., Suite A, on Oct. 25 in order to bring patients face-to-face with some of the leading producers of cannabis vape cartridges. As of this week, there have been nearly 2,000 cases of what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Party foul
Classically trained pianist/existential philosopher Andrew W.K. famously said, “Let’s get a party going (let’s get a party going)/When it’s time to party we will always party hard.” These are words Gov. Kevin “The Original Party Animal” Stitt seems to live by, as the Associated Press recently reported his first-term inauguration celebrations cost more than $2.4 […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Sick vape, bruh
The offices at Chicken-Fried News are constantly inundated with many of those lists that rank the 50 states, and Oklahoma’s position is usually the same: near the bottom of the good ones and at the top of the bad ones. According to two different studies released this year, Oklahoma ranks as the country’s top consumer […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Spot on
Measles was declared eradicated in the United States in the year 2000, but the disease has its highest infection rate in the U.S. since 1994, thanks to rising misinformation surrounding vaccinations. We thought we got rid of measles in 2000, but it’s back, as last week, Oklahoma became the 23rd state to report a case […]
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Commentary: Clearing smoke
Nearly a year ago, just before passage of State Question 788, I wrote an article in Oklahoma Gazette about the historic demonization of cannabis and how political and industrial forces conspired to destroy the market for the plant. Many industrialists and their political allies, including major timber, agricultural and chemical interests, aligned against cannabis to […]
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Commentary: Getting clean
Purdue Pharmaceuticals, the company currently paying dues for the severity and scale of the current nationwide opioid epidemic, recently settled a lawsuit with the state of Oklahoma. The terms of the settlement include Purdue’s payment of $270 million to be used for research on addiction, particularly concerning opioids. This case is the first of its […]
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Bitter pills
After moving back to Oklahoma to care for his ailing mother, Dave became an unlikely victim of circumstance when he suffered an injury from which he would never fully recover. Despite a two decade-long track record of responsible opioid use authorized by his former physician, Dave was instructed to gradually reduce his dose if he […]
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Commentary: Taking shots
Just 10 months ago, a child in Norman was diagnosed with an entirely preventable disease, one for which a vaccine was developed 55 years ago. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the disease to be eradicated in the U.S. in 2000, but 18 years later, Oklahoma Department of Health was forced to issue a […]