I'll let you do the math. A recent survey of medical interns published in JAMA11 was mainly concerned with the satisfaction with their internship experience, but it also yields what some might consider much more interesting data. The poison was present in glycerin that was used in the local manufacturing process. DEG contamination was first noticed about 60 years ago in the United States when 105 people died from tainted medication. Since then, similar outbreaks have occurred in Argentina, Bangladesh, Spain, Nigeria and South Africa.
Experts expect similar incidents to continue until stricter controls are instituted.
Dr. Alan Woolf of Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Illicit Drug Abuse A researcher from Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York14 is raising concerns about methylphenidate, the active ingredient in Ritalin. She says that the drug has properties very similar to cocaine, even possessing the ability to alleviate cocaine cravings. Other research16 suggests that Ritalin users are three times as likely to develop a taste for cocaine as adults, and take up smoking more frequently. However, at least one psychiatrist pooh-poohs this data.