For 100 years they have been trying to legislate good behavior

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Synthetic Pot Sends Scores to New York Hospitals Officials say 160 people have been hospitalized in nine days http://www.wsj.com/articles/synthetic-pot-sends-scores-to-new-york-hospitals-1429423829 NEW YORK—Synthetic marijuana has sent 160 people to hospitals in New York state in a little over a week, a spike that prompted authorities to warn Friday that the drug is dangerous and illegal. Over 120 […]

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pharmacy technician was shot during an attempted robbery Monday afternoon

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Pharmacy tech shot by robbery suspect http://wavy.com/2015/04/20/person-shot-at-va-beach-pharmacy/ VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Virginia Beach police say a pharmacy technician was shot during an attempted robbery Monday afternoon. Police dispatchers received a 911 call around 2:25 p.m. for a report of a gunshot victim at 840 South Military Highway, which is a Rite Aid Pharmacy. Virginia […]

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What defines the DEA’s mission, apparently, are two parts marijuana, one part cocaine ?

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

What I Learned at the DEA Museum http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-barcott/what-i-learned-at-the-dea-museum_b_7100156.html As Americans celebrate 4/20, pot culture’s answer to Octoberfest, I’m getting pelted with questions about the growing legalization movement. What’s the new pot like? What are you telling your kids? Right. I get those questions. But mainly I hear this one: Why is legalization happening now?  Until […]

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DEA’S payments to informants, which totaled $146 million over five years

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Justice officials launch another investigation of DEA payments to informants http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2015/04/20/Telling-for-Dollars-Justice-officials-launch-another-investigation-of-DEA-payments-to-informants/201504190057 The Drug Enforcement Administration’s spending on informants, which topped $33 million last year, is the subject of a new probe by inspectors who ripped the federal agency’s accounting a decade ago. The Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General is investigating how the […]

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