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Another “social war” that we have failed at..
Posted on September 17, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
The War on Poverty After 50 Years http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2014/09/the-war-on-poverty-after-50-years From the article: In his January 1964 State of the Union address, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed, “This administration today, here and now, declares unconditional war on poverty in America.” In the 50 years since that time, U.S. taxpayers have spent over $22 trillion on anti-poverty programs. Adjusted […]
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Only 10% of people believe that the war on drugs is being won !
Posted on September 17, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
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Interacting with Healthcare professionals
Posted on September 17, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
Interaction with a healthcare professional should be like a “tennis match”… one party asks a question… other party answers and vice versa… Everything that a healthcare professional does should be guided by BEST PRACTICES and STANDARD OF CARE for a particular disease state. I am hearing from a lot of chronic pain pts that the […]
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Enough already !
Posted on September 17, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
We human being are not perfect.. but out society seems to expect “perfection” out of those with a higher public profile. Right now the public eye is focused on the NFL and its “abuse scandal”… First we have two different players that basically INDUCED PAIN on another person… yes… it is not right… but.. NO […]
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civil forfeiture – guilty until proven innocent
Posted on September 16, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
From the article: In Pennsylvania, the City of Brotherly Love is far and away the most aggressive in the state when it comes to people’s property. Over a four-year period, Allegheny County, the second largest county in Pennsylvania, filed about 200 petitions for civil forfeiture. Philadelphia filed nearly 7,000 petitions in one year alone, according […]
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What the hell are they thinking ?
Posted on September 16, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
New pharmacy school eyed for Mississippi http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drug-topics/news/new-pharmacy-school-eyed-mississippi?page=0,0 From the article: William Carey University (WCU) in Mississippi is trying to raise $4 million for upfront costs for a new pharmacy school. University officials told the Sun Herald that a new pharmacy school in the region is needed to meet the demand for pharmacists and for area […]
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How the media uses synonyms to “sanitize” our point of view !
Posted on September 16, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
http://youtu.be/bThGHRErBrY We all know that Nicotine is a DRUG.. a VERY POTENTIALLY ADDICTING DRUG.. that has no medical purpose… But when you listen to this Nicorette commercial .. this poor “ADDICT” is having CRAVINGS… watch the person in this video.. doesn’t it look like he is having some sort of WITHDRAWAL ? If this piece […]
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Sometimes the government is actually there to protect us..
Posted on September 16, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
EEOC sues Arlington pharmacy for pregnancy discrimination after two women were fired in March 2013 http://bizbeatblog.dallasnews.com/2014/09/eeoc-sues-arlington-pharmacy-for-pregnancy-discrimination-after-two-women-were-fired-in-march-2013.html/ From the article: For the second time in the span of just a few weeks, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is accusing a local business of pregnancy discrimination. In Dallas federal court Monday, the EEOC sued Arlington-based Tomeldon […]
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Collateral damage or acceptable causalities ?
Posted on September 15, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
Back in the ’50’s there was a TV showed called THE LONE RANGER The Lone Ranger had a Indian (Native American) side kick name TONTO… Tonto was a man of few words and seemed to have an intuitive nature of other humans.. As I remember, one of his regularly used quotes was “paleface speaks with […]
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