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American Council on Science and Health. Science and consumer advocates since 1978. We separate facts from myths and debunk junk science.
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    Dec 18, 2019
    A new study reveals that nearly 40% of Europeans want to "live in a world where chemical substances don't exist." Another 82% didn't know that table salt is table salt, whether it is extracted from the ocean or made synthetically.
    Chemophobia: Nearly 40% of Europeans Want a Chemical-Free World
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    Jun 13, 2025
    Dead Wrong: What West Virginia's Deaths Tells Us About U.S. Opioid Policy / American Council on Science and Health West Virginia is the hardest-hit of all states when it comes to overdose drug deaths. Must be those damn pills, right? No. Wrong. Drug overdose deaths from
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    Aug 21, 2019
    In his takedown, Dr. @AlexBerezow wrote, "In my nine years in science writing, I've never before seen an article that so egregiously twisted and misrepresented a whole host of sciences -- from nutrition and agriculture to biotechnology and microbiology."
    Scientific American Says Vegetables Are Toxic, Sugary Snacks
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    Feb 21, 2025
    “The CDC has estimated that more than 40% of all opioid overdose deaths in the United States in 2016 involved an FDA-approved prescription opioid” - Legal Authorities Under the Controlled Substances Act to Combat the Opioid Crisis DEA 12/18/2018 I found this in my files. The
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    Dec 16, 2024
    Dr. Kolodny's New Math: Turning Chronic Pain Patients into OUD Statistics / American Council on Science and Health Just when you thought the opioid crisis may have had peaked, Dr. Andrew Kolodny, arguably the world's foremost anti-opioid zealot, has found a shiny new way to
    Dr. Kolodny’s New Math: Turning Chronic Pain Patients into OUD Statistics
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    Sep 15, 2021
    When opioid medications become less available to veterans, suicide rates go up. And not by a little. This only serves to further show the extent of damage done by foolish US drug policies.
    Opioid Deprivation and Suicide: Washington Post Weighs In
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    Jan 10, 2025
    Does Advil Plus Tylenol Relieve Pain Better Than Vicodin? Read the Fine Print / American Council on Science and Health Just what we don't need. Yet another study claiming that Advil plus Tylenol outperforms Vicodin. Lost in the sauce is that Vicodin was given in the lowest
    Does Advil Plus Tylenol Relieve Pain Better Than Vicodin? Read the Fine Print
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    Aug 17, 2023
    'Painkiller': Netflix Miniseries Tells Shameless Lies About Opioids @camjenglish reviews the @Nexflix series Painkiller. Must Read! @jacobsullum @dr4liberty @JoshBloomACSH @jacobjamesrich
    'Painkiller': Netflix Miniseries Tells Shameless Lies About Opioids
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    Aug 9, 2022
    Reducing opioid prescriptions in recent years dramatically increased deaths and hospitalizations. What worked 15 years ago is an unmitigated disaster today.
    New Study Obliterates PROP's Absurd Position on Further Reducing Opioid Prescriptions
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    Jul 1, 2025
    The Real Opioid Crisis Isn't Prescriptions-It's Prohibition / American Council on Science and Health 
It's more than a little ironic that proof of how badly we've mishandled the opioid crisis comes from West Virginia— the hardest-hit state in the U.S. and a favorite cliché in
    The Real Opioid Crisis Isn't Prescriptions — It's Prohibition
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    Dec 2, 2022
    In what may be the dumbest story ever published, The Guardian highlighted a parent who gave his teenage son cigarettes to help him quit #vaping. #harmreduction There's so much wrong here.
    Insanity: Doctor Gives Teenage Son Cigarettes to Break Vaping Habit
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    Aug 26, 2024
    Replying to @SPuro88 @HMcFlint and @Humana
    @SPuro88 it might be illegal. It’s felony manslaughter to committed actions that cause harm and death to another with depraved indifference. Humana using fake doctors to justify denying coverage for a life-saving surgery is certainly depraved and indifferent. They can claim they
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    Mar 12, 2025
    CDC causes patients to endure needless pain and suffering. Kennedy can help / American Council on Science and Health
  @joshbloomasch and @dr4liberry opinion piece “CDC causes patients to endure needless pain and suffering. Kennedy can help” was published today 3/12/2025 in
    CDC causes patients to endure needless pain and suffering. Kennedy can help
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    Dec 23, 2024
    Smoke And Mirrors: Truth Initiative Conceals Benefits Of Vaping / American Council on Science and Health The latest CDC and FDA data shows that youth e-cigarette use (vaping) continues to decline. Oddly, leading anti-nicotine groups like The Truth Initiative are doing all they
    Smoke and Mirrors: Truth Initiative Conceals Benefits of Vaping
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