Cancer patients try untested drugs in Britain
WASHINGTON (Map, News) - The pilot of the container ship that spilled 53,000 gallons of fuel oil into the San Francisco Bay attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and took prescription drugs for depression and to help him sleep, federal investigators say in newly released documents. The documents released by the National Transportation Safety Board explained for the first time that these medications prompted the Coast Guard to ask Capt. John Cota to voluntarily turn in his mariner's license in the weeks after the Nov. 7 accident. With Cota piloting, the 900-foot Cosco Busan sideswiped a...
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