Archive for December 22nd, 2009

1 in 4 Soldiers Abuse Prescription Drugs!

soldiers-drugsA health survey by the Pentagon released last week reportedly indicated that one in four soldiers admitted to abusing prescription drugs over a one year period.

The survey consisted of more than 28,500 respondents composed of U.S. troops and was conducted last year. The results of the study also showed that about 20% of Marines abused prescription drugs, mostly painkillers.

The results of the study may indeed be indicative of the toll that fighting in multiple wars may be taking on the United States military. It is not uncommon for someone in the service to be sent to multiple combat deployments.

Brig. Gen. Colleen McGuire, the Director of the Army Suicide Prevention Task Force, was quoted as saying: “We are aware that more prescription drugs are being used today for pain management and behavioral health issues. These areas of substance abuse along with increased use of alcohol concern us.”

The survey reportedly showed prescription drugs as the most abused substance in the military. Next in line are marijuana and amphetamines; prescription drugs, though, are said to be used at triple the rate of the other two.

Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker has created a task force that will be reviewing the pain management practices being followed by those in the service. The Army will also be expanding programs related to the treatment and education of soldiers regarding drug abuse.

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Is Manny Pacquiao on Steroids? (Part 2)

mannypacquiao-300x297To continue with the discussion on whether or not Pacquiao is on steroids, we bring you more of the signs and side effects of steroid use. Again, we invite you draw your own conclusion.

Increased thickness and length of body hair. We are unsure whether it is his Filipino lineage that is to “blame”, but the guy simply does not have too much bodily hair for some reason.

Abnormally excessive development of the breast tissue. Kermit Cintron was quoted as saying that Pacquiao “looks ripped like Bruce Lee.” You can see it, you decide.

Almost cartoonish muscle growth. We go back to the Bruce Lee analogy – both Lee and Pacquiao are ripped and cut, but they retain that lean physique that Asians seem to have. No wrestler-type humongous muscles for these two.

manny pacquiaoThe unfortunate thing about the scandals that have rocked the worlds of baseball and wrestling and other sports is that there is now a tendency for people to think that anyone who can do anything amazing and worthwhile must be on something. In the case of Pacquaio, he has indeed come a long way from being the 16-year-old boxer from the Southern Philippines into a shining start in the international boxing scene. That is certainly quite an accomplishment, and it does seem like something that may be a little difficult for some of his competitors to swallow.

We have definitely not heard the last about this issue; we are, after all, a good three months away from what will most certainly be another much-awaited fight: Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather, Jr. An Olympic-style drug testing has already been requested for, and we can’t wait to see what will come out of those tests – and what accusers will have to say about it.

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