PHARMACIST STEVE

How The DEA Seized A College Student’s Entire Life Savings, Without Charging Him With A Drug Crime http://www.forbes.com/sites/instituteforjustice/2015/06/19/how-the-dea-seized-a-college-students-entire-life-savings-without-charging-him-with-a-drug-crime/ Carrying cash is not a crime. But that didn’t stop the federal government from seizing $11,000 from Charles Clarke. Charles, a 24-year-old college student, was flying home after visiting family and friends in Cincinnati, when he lost his […]

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Update: Unattended Sawyer death ruled accidental overdose http://www.pratttribune.com/article/20150618/NEWS/150619338 Can you imagine this… in this small Kansas county… population of abt 10,000 the county Coroner is so smart that he can determine a accidental drug overdose without having a toxicology report… which normally takes 60-90 days to process…  what a waste of talent in this small […]

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N.J. grandparents accused of terrorism for drugstore order, lawsuit claims http://www.nj.com/burlington/index.ssf/2015/06/cvs_employee_called_nj_grandparents_terrorists_law.html A pair of Mount Laurel grandparents are suing CVS Pharmacy and two Evesham police officers, after the couple said they attempted to purchase a dental hygiene product from its Evesham Township location but were instead accused of being terrorists by an employee and subjected to a […]

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  Retailer doesn’t have to restrict access to DM products… just not sell it to anyone under 18… do you think that if they can’t purchase it.. THEY MIGHT END UP STEALING IT ? Dear Pharmacies/Retailer: > > > IMPORTANT NOTICE –New Law re: Dextromethorphan over-the-counter medications. > > Effective July 1, 2015, it is […]

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A few weeks ago, I contacted our Part D provider (Silver Scripts) about a vacation over-ride (early refill)  for certain medications for Barb.. we were leaving for an extended period of time to our condo in Florida. At first the CS representative declined to speak with me.. because she could not find the POA/authorization on […]

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Temponeras indicted on federal charges http://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/news/news/154147269/Temponeras-indicted-on-federal-charges When are we going to see charges in deaths of pts that have died because Pharmacists have refused to fill necessary pain or controlled meds and pts die from withdrawal or suicide because of unrelenting pain ? A conclusion by an examiner in a recent case in the state […]

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Pike Creek Walgreens without air-conditioning for weeks http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2015/06/18/pike-creek-walgreens-without-air-conditioning-weeks/28944533/ Employees and customers of a Pike Creek drug store that’s been without a working air conditioner for weeks could get relief soon. The Walgreens at 4575 New Linden Hill Road store has had a broken unit since at least Memorial Day, said Phil Caruso, a company spokesman. […]

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Torture is a war crime the government treats like a policy debate http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jun/17/torture-war-government-treats-policy-debate?CMP=ema_565 The Senate commendably passed an amendment “outlawing” torture by a wide margin on Monday, but given that torture is already against the law – both through existing US statute and by international treaty – what does that really mean? The bill, a […]

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Clinicians Reluctant To Prescribe Naloxone for Opioid Overdose http://www.painmedicinenews.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ses=ogst&d=Web+Exclusive&d_id=244&i=June+2015&i_id=1198&a_id=32769 Many factors including questions about risk and reluctance to offend patients hinder clinicians’ willingness to prescribe a potentially lifesaving medication that counteracts the effects of an opioid overdose, according to a Kaiser Permanente Colorado study (J Gen Intern Med 2015 Jun 9. [Epub ahead of print]).  […]

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