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FedEx stresses record of cooperating with feds in lawsuit http://triblive.com/business/headlines/8370998-74/fedex-government-case#ixzz3aFlqnFz8 FedEx Corp. says government claims that it conspires with illegal online pharmacies don’t tell the whole story — especially the part about how the company helps to drive those websites out of business. As a drug-trafficking and money-laundering case heads toward trial, with the potential […]
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Most of us were not around 100 years ago… but it is very interesting how things have changed in our country over the last 100 years … 100 years ago, our country was in what is now known as our “Prohibitionist Period ” 1913 was the first Federal Income Tax 1914 The Harrison Narcotic Act […]
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Alabama bought lethal injection drugs on black market, feds seized them, report says http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/05/feds_seized_lethal_injection_d.html A year ago, Alabama officials admitted for the first time that the state had run out of at least one of the three drugs it uses for lethal injections. Now we know why. Alabama, like several other states, had become so […]
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Cancer patient turned away at pharmacies http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/health/2015/05/14/cancer-patient-turned-away-pharmacy/27346033/ JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Turned away at the pharmacy. So many of you have called and emailed First Coast News about being denied medication. Tonight a cancer patient, who is a retired pain management doctor, is speaking out saying enough is enough. “More than once I thought this is […]
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CVS in Upper West Side gave wrong medications to 80-year-old man: lawsuit http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-cvs-gave-wrong-meds-80-year-old-customer-lawsuit-article-1.2222748 An Upper West Side pharmacy repeatedly doled out the wrong meds to an 80-year-old customer—first a high dose of sleeping pills then unwanted cholesterol drugs, according to a suit filed Thursday. Retired history professor Libero Marx Renzulli claims druggists at a CVS […]
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Rand Paul has introduced federal legislation to reform civil asset forfeiture. But until that passes, it’s best to know your rights. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/05/14/how-to-keep-the-dea-from-taking-all-your-cash/?tid=sm_tw Joseph Rivers was never convicted of a crime. He was never charged with one, or even officially detained. But that didn’t stop the Drug Enforcement Administration from taking his life savings away under […]
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Feds to return $107G they seized from NC business owner, attorneys say http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/14/attorneys-feds-will-give-nc-man-his-seized-107gs-back/ Lyndon McLellan fought the law — and apparently, he won. The North Carolina business owner for months has been battling the federal government after IRS agents last fall seized $107,000 from him, under a controversial practice known as civil forfeiture. But his […]
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WV Supreme Court: Mingo residents claiming pill addiction can sue doctors, pharmacies http://www.charlestondailymail.com/article/20150514/DM02/150519562/1276#sthash.ZCTkeG4G.dpuf Mingo County residents alleging they were negligently prescribed pain medication, causing or enabling their addiction, will be able to maintain their lawsuits against pharmacies and doctors that distributed them, West Virginia Supreme Court justices decided. In a 3-2 decision, written by Chief […]
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CDC study of Indiana HIV cases shows most are same strain http://www.whas11.com/story/news/local/indiana/2015/05/14/cdc-study-of-indiana-hiv-cases-shows-most-are-same-strain/27314187/ INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A top Indiana health official says a preliminary genetic analysis of HIV samples taken from about half the people infected in the state’s largest HIV outbreak shows nearly all of them have the same strain of the virus. State epidemiologist […]
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