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...only have your pick of the old standbys--tranquilizers, antihistamines, painkillers and antibiotics, all compounded to your personal specs--but you'll see all sorts of new capsules and tablets for virtually every ailment and condition. These will range from mood and pleasure enhancers--legal and otherwise--for the pill poppers of the future to new medications for diseases likely to be much more common in an aging population, like Alzheimer's, cardiovascular problems and cancer...
...recent Food Drug Administration approval of drugs like Preven, a morning after pill which prevents pregnancy within three days of having unprotected sex, will no doubt lead to a decline in abortions at clinics. Indeed, with the long-awaited arrival of RU-486, women will soon be able to end a pregnancy in the privacy of their own home...
...crowd on both days enjoyed free giveaways from such companies as Ford, Dunkin' Donuts and Propecia, which produces a hair-growth pill...
...last act of Hamlet. Davey, a schizophrenic, jumps to his death from a rooftop. Frankie, a promising young prizefighter, is shot dead while trying to rob an armored car. Kevin, a drug dealer, is found suspiciously hanged outside his jail cell. Sister Kathy, a serious pill popper, is shoved off a roof and badly crippled; and 13-year-old Steven is convicted, though eventually acquitted on appeal, of shooting a friend...
TIME LAPSE Sorry, jet-lag sufferers. A report shows that melatonin may be no better than a sugar pill in alleviating the sleepiness and disorientation of long-distance travel. Nearly 250 subjects were given either a placebo or one of two commonly used doses of melatonin (5 mg and .5 mg). Result: they all experienced similar jet-lag symptoms, and all recovered after about six days...