Access to mental health services like therapy and drugs is even more limited than other types of medical care.

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Mental illness is an affliction, not a crime. Police must stop killing suffering citizens http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/16/mental-illness-police-killing-training?CMP=ema_565 The life of a man with schizophrenia, 31-year-old Dontre Hamilton, ended after he was struck by 14 bullets from a Milwaukee police officer’s handgun on 30 April 2014. The lethal confrontation sparked a firestorm in my city, resulting in several […]

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DEA to Allow Huge Increase in Marijuana Production to Meet Research Demands

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

DEA to Allow Huge Increase in Marijuana Production to Meet Research Demands http://www.raps.org/Regulatory-Focus/News/2015/06/16/22702/DEA-to-Allow-Huge-Increase-in-Marijuana-Production-to-Meet-Research-Demands/ The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has proposed a massive increase in the amount of marijuana it will allow to be produced this year in the hopes of meeting the demand of researchers studying new medicinal uses for the drug, it has […]

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