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| | Boing Boing: Katrina: "cold turkey" effects, account of meds aid for evacuees |
 | | Regarding medications and cold turkey withdrawal -- I've been volunteering with the Red Cross at shelters in San Antonio (there are four, so far; earlier this week there were, on average, 2,000 in each, but I don't know how much that's changed). |
 | | One of the first questions we ask evacuees when we check them in is, "Are you on any medication, and do you have it with you?" (We also attend to people who haven't had tetanus or hep vaccinations, or who were in the water, or who have any other kind of ailments.) |
 | | Local pharmacies are processing Katrina meds with priority, and volunteers bring in huge bags full of bottles every morning and every evening. |
| www.boingboing.net /2005/09/08/katrina_cold_turkey_.html (513 words) |
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