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News Squib#3 – Suing A Smart Vibrator

Digital tablet on newspaper concept for internet and electronicIt’s Squib Saturday. Time to share the best, most interesting (or most entertaining, or most outrageous) tidbit of information I’ve gleaned from all the stuff I’ve read this week. Today: When Good Vibrations Turn Bad 

 

There was a time (decades ago) when no self-respecting female would admit to knowing what a vibrator was, much less admit to owning — or good heavens, using —  one. But times change, and earlier this year a vibrator, described as the “Lexus” of sex toys got the Good Housekeeping seal of approval. Continue reading “News Squib#3 – Suing A Smart Vibrator”

News Squib#1

Vintage black typewriter with old books and flowers on wooden tIt’s Squib Saturday. Time to share the best, most interesting (or most entertaining, or most outrageous) tidbit of information I’ve gleaned from all the stuff I’ve read this week. Today: Watch Out Big Pharma, You’re Going the Way of Big Tobacco

 

 

It’s about time, and better late than never:  Suffolk County (the one that covers the easternmost end of Long Island where I live) has put eleven big pharmaceutical companies in its crosshairs. It is suing the opioid manufacturers for, among other things, fraudulent and misleading marketing to promote the use of painkillers like OxyContin and Percocet. The biggest of the pharmas is Purdue Pharma L.P., which manufacturers OxyContin,  an “opium-like painkiller” which is “highly addictive and dangerous.” Continue reading “News Squib#1”