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Will I still be able to fill my prescription for Vicodin or Percocet? Yes. While the FDA usually follows the recommendations of its advisory panels, the recommendations are not binding. Even if they were, they would not take effect without careful consideration by the FDA of patients who currently rely on these medications for pain relief. "Any change would be carefully orchestrated to ensure that people are not at risk of not having access to their pain medication," says Dr. Judith Kramer, an internist at Duke University Medical Center and a voting member of the committee...
...Ring on It That prompts the question, Does the father have to actually be married to the mother of his children to have a positive effect on them...
...neon lights are no longer flashing; the roulette wheels have spun their last turn. Casinos across Russia closed their doors Wednesday as a sweeping ban on gambling went into effect, less than a week after a similar ban hit neighboring Ukraine. Lawmakers in both countries say the actions were necessary to bring under control spiraling addiction and a notoriously shady business. But critics say the moves will leave hundreds of thousands out of work and force the industry underground...
...Supporters of Ukraine's new law have little sympathy for the crippling effect it will have on the industry. "Gambling has become an epidemic that can be compared with AIDS and tuberculosis," says the law's author, Valeriy Pysarenko, a parliamentary deputy from Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's party. "It is destroying the Ukrainian nation on a moral level." Gambling has boomed across Russia and Ukraine since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991; before the ban, Ukraine boasted more than 100,000 legal gambling establishments, ranging from flashy casinos to dingy slot-machine halls. (See a video...
...Opponents of the new law also say that while tighter regulation is needed, the all-out ban risks having the opposite effect by sending the industry underground, where it will be even harder to control. One casino director, who asked not to be named, says he knows of two places that have continued operating illegally since the ban took effect. "If they know your face, they'll let you in," he says. And a Ukrainian government official who works closely on the issue tells TIME that he expects some sites to begin opening their doors to a "select...