Coming to a state near you !

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Bill to legally distribute medical marijuana in Louisiana proposed http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20140404/NEWS01/304040027/Bill-legally-distribute-medical-marijuana-Louisiana-proposed?nclick_check=1 From the article: The therapeutic use of marijuana has been legal in Louisiana since 1991, but the act passed that year failed to provide a mechanism to facilitate dispensing or purchasing of marijuana. Mills, who works as a pharmacist, addresses in his bill how medical […]

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It takes a village

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

I received this email today from a former PIC with GUESS WHO ! Document everything – but 1 person’s word against a company ? As a former  PIC, I had to have back surgery in xxxxx. I returned to work in xxxxxx with some restrictions  (no lifting of >20 lbs., a chair to allow me […]

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Hypocrisy in the media

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

This past week has been  – IMO – has been one of the worse for hypocrisy on the tube. First it was the couple who were apparently “multi-millionaires” , living on a 1+ million dollar yacht and collecting MEDICAID BENEFITS for years. I heard one “talking head” say that with as large as the Medicaid […]

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Fighting the war on drugs by practicing medicine ?

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Are we changing the basic definition of  “practicing medicine” ? Historically the practice of medicine is the interactions between a patient and another person that has a license to practice medicine/dentistry etc. Physicians have had their licenses suspended, revoked or sanctioned because it was believed or proven that that they prescribed medication without physically examining […]

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