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Unwanted prescription meds pile up in police storage after DEA program ends http://www.cpr.org/news/story/unwanted-prescription-meds-pile-police-storage-after-dea-program-ends#sthash.13p8Qc1F.dpuf All these medications were disposed of in one of the DEA-sponsored medication take-back days in Colorado. Across Colorado, law enforcement agencies are filling up storage rooms with unwanted prescription medications.The glut is the legacy of a Drug Enforcement Agency program that was set up […]

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DEA Agents Started Fort Lauderdale Confrontation: Lawyer The attorney for one of the men accused in an attack on DEA agents in Fort Lauderdale claims the agents instigated the confrontation and called his client the N word. Steven Jenrette, 22, and Gregory Bradley, 29 were arrested in the March 5 incident at Bokampers at 3115 […]

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Attorney: Man charged in Rite Aid killing legally insane http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2015/05/07/ricard-taylor-trial-begins/70906934/ MASON – The day before Ricard Taylor allegedly shot and killed his neighbor, he asked him if he wanted to die and wanted to feel what it was like to get shot, witnesses testified Thursday. Taylor, 35, and his East Lansing neighbor, 27-year-old Jordan Rogers, […]

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Both of these “people” are in their 80’s (in human years)… if they were seen by their doctor… and both were suffering from chronic pain… which one do you think is more likely to get appropriate pain management ? Does one or both deserve to have their quality of life optimized and their pain minimized […]

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2 Investigators: Boy Almost Dies After Prescription Misfilled http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/05/06/2-investigators-boy-almost-dies-after-prescription-misfilled/ (CBS) — More than 1.3 million people are injured every year from medication errors according to FDA estimates. Some pharmacy errors have been deadly and as CBS 2 Investigative Reporter Pam Zekman found out, regulatory oversight of pharmacy errors here in Illinois has been hampered by […]

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If you  think that the “war on drugs” is not a INDUSTRY…  you need to watch these series of videos about the “dirty back story” of the real reason why we have the highest per-cent of our population in a prison…. than any other country … whether it is immigrant or drug offender… their target […]

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Pill mill crackdown having unintended consequences for pain patients who can’t get pain pills http://www.scrippsmedia.com/fox4now/featured/Pill-mill-crackdown-having-unintended-consequences-for-pain-patients-who-cant-get-pain-pills-302575081.html WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – “I have two fractures of the shoulder,” Jackie Larson said. Larson’s shoulder is in a sling. “There was a severe pain. I couldn’t move the arm at all,” explained Larson. The emergency room prescribed oxycodone, […]

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DEA to traveler: Thanks, I’ll take that cash http://www.abqjournal.com/580107/news/dea-agents-seize-16000-from-aspiring-music-video-producer.html But it’s too late for that now. All the money – $16,000 in cash – that Joseph Rivers said he had saved and relatives had given him to launch his dream in Hollywood is gone, seized during his trip out West not by thieves but by […]

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2 Investigates: Law prohibiting expired baby food sale not being enforced http://wn.ktvu.com/story/28988236/law-prohibiting-sale-of-expired-baby-food-not-being-enforced-in-bay-area California has a law against selling expired baby food, but during a recent investigative report, KTVU found out that law is rarely enforced. After going into Bay Area stores from four major chains in seven cities and checking the shelves, KTVU found expired […]

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Pharmacy Robberies on the Rise, DEA Data Suggests http://www.pharmacytimes.com/news/Pharmacy-Robberies-on-the-Rise-DEA-Data-Suggests Preliminary 2015 data from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reveals pharmacy robbers have hit Indiana the hardest. Pharmacies in the Hoosier State reported 34 robberies between January 1, 2015, and March 31, 2015, with California (16), Wisconsin (13), North Carolina (12) and South Carolina (10) following […]

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