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...attorney to execute an advance directive, and many reputable websites such as http://www.compassionindying.org can provide forms that comply with your state law. And don’t stop there; discuss these issues with your family and friends, especially the person you decide to appoint as your surrogate decision-maker if you are unable to make medical decisions yourself...

Author: By Kathy L. Cerminara, | Title: FOCUS: Unique Circumstances, Broad Lessons | 3/25/2005 | See Source »

...report from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration found that the number of people who had used oxycodone, the main ingredient in OxyContin, for nonmedical reasons jumped from 11.8 million in 2002 to 13.7 million in 2003. The increase happened even though OxyContin's maker stopped distributing its strongest pill, the 160-mg tablet, in 2001 and more states began prescription-monitoring programs to detect abusers who go from doctor to doctor looking for pills. In December the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a toll-free number to report the illegal sale of prescription drugs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Prescription for Crime | 3/21/2005 | See Source »

...them, including mobile-phone-service provider China Unicom, Ping An Insurance and oil giant Sinopec. Zhu has an additional $10 billion in deals in the pipeline. He also hooked up France's Thomson with Chinese electronics company TCL?a deal that in 2004 created the world's largest television maker after it merged both companies' TV-manufacturing businesses under TCL management...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And for This He Read Poetry? | 3/21/2005 | See Source »

...them, including mobile-phone-service provider China Unicom, Ping An Insurance and oil giant Sinopec. Zhu has an additional $10 billion in deals in the pipeline. He also hooked up France's Thomson with Chinese electronics company TCL--a deal that in 2004 created the world's largest television maker after it merged both companies' TV-manufacturing businesses under TCL management...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And for This He Read Poetry? | 3/20/2005 | See Source »

When Brad Koteshwar, a private investor in Scottsdale, Ariz., decided to sink $6,000 into the stock of a hot local company, stun-gun maker Taser International, in January 2004, he knew it was risky. The stock price had already soared nearly 2000% in 2003, and that kind of phenomenal growth just can't last forever. "We got in a little late," admits Koteshwar, who with his wife Sheila also holds seminars and publishes a newsletter on stock investing. But police departments from Kansas City, Mo., to San Jose, Calif., were placing large orders for Taser's weapons, which emit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Zap to Zzzzz | 3/20/2005 | See Source »

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