Megan K. Stack has a very sad report in the Los Angeles Times today on the proliferation of heroin use in Russia, which has been dramatically increased from the booming narcotics industry coming out of Afghanistan - another thorn in the U.S.-Russia relations.  As the article shows, many regional governments are woefully unprepared to handle drug addiction epidemics."It's a catastrophe for us. We were completely unprepared for this turn of events," says Evgeny Bryun, Moscow's chief drug addiction specialist. "We have our own lost generation."The transition from a Soviet state largely free from heroin to a booming nation awash in the drug has been painful and dark, marked by widespread public ignorance of the risks and symptoms of addiction, lingering shame and stigma, and muddled government efforts at treatment. Methadone, which is widely used ...

Nutra Pharma Corp.

(Public, OTC:NPHC)

Step aside Morphine, the new king of chronic pain treatment has entered the building. With Nutra Pharma’s stock rising nearly 2300% year-to-date, its time we see what all the commotion is about. StocksHaven Investments takes a closer look at Nutra Pharma Corp., which believes will begin generating significant revenues within the next 12 months. The company has recently made waves throughout the biotech space with their recent “Best New Product” award winning drug, Cobroxin. The product is the first clinically proven treatment for stage 2 (moderate to severe) chronic pain, and was awarded the honour at the Efficient Collaborative Retail Marketing (ECRM) Conference in Miami, Florida. Winning this was no easy task, as a handful of well known companies attended the conference. The

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Elliott Wave International, the world’s largest market forecasting firm, receives thousands of questions every year from web site visitors and subscribers on their free Message Board.

Here the company shares 6 of the recent critical questions on the financial crisis and 6 answers provided by their professional analysts.

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Q: Can increased government spending help stop the crisis?
What do you think about the new mortgage bailout plan – or bailouts and proposals for additional government spending in general? The opinions on whether or not this will ultimately work seem so divided…

Answer:
In Ch. 13 of his Conquer the Crash, “Can the Fed Stop Deflation?”, Bob Prechter writes; quote: “Can the government spend our way out of deflation and depression? Governments sometimes employ aspects …