The agency has operated a Baltimore heroin task force for about three decades

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

DEA chief discusses Maryland’s heroin problem at Senate hearing http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-dea-baltimore-heroin-20150312-story.html The chief of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration put a spotlight on Maryland’s heroin problems during a congressional hearing Thursday. DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart spoke of the state’s rising number of overdose deaths in testimony before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. She said a DEA task […]

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Turf War ?

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Have you ever encountered a animal who is overly protective of something… their yard, their food, a stuffed animal or their “toy”.  We Homo sapiens can exhibit aggression of protecting our “turf” or trying to gain turf … which exhibits itself as GREED. With all too many of us living beyond our means… protecting one’s livelihood […]

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Sued because they are a wholesaler selling a legal product ?

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Federal court sides with insurer in ‘pill mill’ lawsuit http://wvrecord.com/news/273052-federal-court-sides-with-insurer-in-pill-mill-lawsuit MIAMI – A federal court ruled earlier this week that an insurer does not have to defend and indemnify its client, one of more than a dozen major prescription drug distributors that was sued by former West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw in 2012. McGraw […]

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22 Veterans commit suicide EVERY DAY

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

It would appear that our news media must consider the innocent lives of those that are killed my ISIS in the middle east are much more important and have a higher (news) value than the 22 veterans that commit suicides (on average) every day.  Collectively, we have some 40, 000 people commit suicide every year.. […]

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Is “To fill or not to fill” a rhetorical question ?

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

I as seeing a larger and larger picture evolve.. as pieces of this war on drugs/pts comes into focus..  I spent a large portion of my day with Staywell ( FL Medicaid) trying to help a pt getting their meds  in the system..  Most of the staff at Staywell seemed to be pretty well trained […]

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