The damn DEA won again !

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

                      While waiting for my lunch order to be brought to our table.. I was flipping thru my emails on my phone… trying to delete the trash/spam from the 70 odd emails in the inbox.. and abruptly stopped at this one.. From a pharmacist friend […]

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So that no one misses this comment !

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

            The first comment is from a regular reader.. the second comment from Anonymous – don’t you just admire people who have convictions but not strong enough to put their name to their diatribe … but I digress … It would seem that this anonymous person is from the Dunedin, […]

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DEA’s Own Hiring Policy Admits Pot Isn’t As Bad As Other Drugs

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/13/dea-hiring-policy-marijuana_n_4784042.html WASHINGTON — As Drug Enforcement Administration officials warn of the threat of legalizing marijuana and insist that it’s one of the “most dangerous” controlled substances out there, along the lines of heroin and LSD, their claims are being undermined by an unlikely source: the agency’s very own drug policy. Under the DEA’s hiring rules, […]

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Have you ever seen the cost of HIV therapy ?

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

‘Well Beyond HIV’ Exhibit Celebrates Older Adults Living With HIV http://www.edgeboston.com/news/news/170352/%27well_beyond_hiv%27_exhibit_celebrates_older_adults_living_with_hiv They launched the campaign because by 2015, half of adults living with HIV in the U.S. will be 50 years old or older. Left unaddressed, older adults with HIV may lack the support needed to manage HIV and other chronic conditions commonly associated with […]

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Lawsuit alleges death caused by Danville CVS prescription error

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Lawsuit alleges death caused by Danville CVS prescription error http://www.centralkynews.com/amnews/news/local/boyle/lawsuit-death-caused-by-danville-cvs-prescription-error/article_22c0e047-61b4-5ac1-abdf-ca888a60f17a.html By TODD KLEFFMAN tkleffman@amnews.com | 0 comments A Lincoln County man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against CVS Pharmacy, alleging a wrong prescription filled at the Danville store led to his son’s death. Jeff Wardlow, executor of the estate of Jeffrey Lee Wardlow of Stanford, […]

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Cops charged after police body cams capture them killing homeless man

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

James Boyd, a 38-year-old homeless man, died in March after he was shot by a shotgun, bombarded with shots of nonlethal bean bags and was the target of flash-bang grenades following an hours-long standoff with police. The police said they were dealing with Boyd because he was breaking the law by camping in the Sandia Mountains above […]

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