PHARMACIST STEVE

And we don’t really know how many of those 16K are actually suicides.. we don’t know how many are from Heroin because Heroin is metabolized into Morphine in the body.. If 16 K is a EPIDEMIC… what is the 450 K from tobacco products ? a NON ISSUE ?

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DEA serves search warrant at medical office in Muncie amid allegations of over prescribing http://fox59.com/2014/10/20/dea-serving-search-warrant-at-medical-office-in-muncie/ The DEA’s state search warrant is being served at the medical office of Dr. William Hedrick. The Centers for Pain Relief clinic is located at 3301 W. Fox Ridge Lane, about a half mile from the Ball State University campus. Dr. Hendrick […]

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Drug Maker Warns That OxyContin Suit Could Be ‘Crippling’ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-20/purdue-says-kentucky-suit-over-oxycontin-could-be-painful.html#disqus_thread From the article: No one rises as Circuit Judge Steven Combs enters his courtroom in Pikeville, Kentucky. Combs wears a white shirt and yellow tie, no robe. Lawyers approach the bench as their cases are called, shake the judge’s hand and exchange small talk before getting to […]

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Heroin deaths keep rising in Kentucky http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2014/08/02/heroin-deaths-keep-rising-kentucky/13504281/ If I remember correctly, KY was the first state to have a prescription monitoring program (PMP) called KASPER  and I believe the cost of developing this was funded by Purdue Pharma. This was in the early- mid 90’s.. Initially, the database could only be accessed by law enforcement.. […]

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