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DEA Destroyed Medical Cannabis Santa Fe dispensary had state permission to grow marijuana, but the feds took all its plants after a workplace accident http://www.sfreporter.com/santafe/article-10736-dea-destroyed-medical-cannabis.html When federal Drug Enforcement Agency agents visited a Santa Fe medical cannabis dispensary after an explosion last week, they seized what local police originally described as “evidence” for an investigation. […]
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Pharmacy rejects pain prescription for 4-year-old with cancer http://www.wesh.com/news/pharmacy-rejects-pain-prescription-for-4yearold-with-cancer/34447400?utm_source=Social&utm_medium=FBPAGE&utm_campaign=WESH%202%20News&Content%20Type=Story ORLANDO, Fla. —Surgical patients, teens with autism, quadriplegics and terminally ill cancer patients have had their legitimate pain prescriptions rejected by chain pharmacies. Aiden Lopez, a 4-year-old cancer survivor, learned overcoming cancer was just the beginning. It’s been a tough sprint for Lopez who was diagnosed […]
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DEA Announces New Leadership http://www.dea.gov/divisions/phi/2015/phi073015.shtml Is it just me… or does his statement seem to suggest that Mr Tuggle’s thought process is that all those who use legal opiates are “addicts”.. notice that he states that his primary enforcement priorities of our region which are prescription opiates and heroin… NOT the illegal use/abuse of legal […]
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New allegations made on DEA’s role in pain prescription denials http://www.wesh.com/news/new-allegations-made-on-deas-role-in-pain-prescription-denials/34448182 With all that has come to light about all the illegal shenanigans by the DEA and others within the DOJ/FBI/Secret Service… when you hear a local independent Pharmacist state that DEA agents have told him personally not fill certain control meds for certain pts.. […]
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Using Watson, IBM and CVS aim to predict when your health is about to decline http://www.networkworld.com/article/2955054/using-watson-ibm-and-cvs-aim-to-predict-when-your-health-is-about-to-decline.html What happens when CVS gets more and more personal health information on pts ? Most likely, they are going to pester the hell out of the pt to receive more care. .. of course with CVS Health .. every […]
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How your hospital can make you sick Consumer Reports’ new Ratings of more than 3,000 U.S. hospitals show which do a good job of avoiding MRSA, C.diff, and other deadly infections http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/07/how-your-hospital-can-make-you-sick/index.htm 16K -18K die every year from hospital acquired MRSA and 500,000 in hospitals and nursing homes catch C-DIF and 29,000 die annually (mostly elderly)… […]
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Back in 1965… the cost of Medicare was THREE BILLION DOLLARS At that time it was projected that by 1990 the cost of Medicare would be TWELVE BILLION – reality for 1990 – 110 Billion 2014… Medicare expenditures 511 Billion… Right now the fund is projected to be BANKRUPT by 2030.. In 1965.. I had […]
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The Baltimore Looting Has Led to a Problem That Is Very Unusual for the DEA http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/07/30/the-baltimore-looting-has-led-to-a-problem-that-is-very-unusual-for-the-dea/ NEW YORK — The Drug Enforcement Administration is working through a backlog of Baltimore pharmacy robberies to identify and arrest looters who authorities say stole more than 300,000 doses of prescription pills. During the civil unrest following the death […]
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video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Patients having trouble getting pain medication http://www.news4jax.com/news/patients-having-trouble-getting-pain-medication/34424832 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Florida’s crackdown on pill mills in 2011 has made a dent in prescription painkiller abuse, but the “Pill Mill Bill” is also having unintended consequences. Many people with legitimate pain are having a tough time getting their medications. Whether it […]
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Second federal report critical of DEA actions with pharmacies http://www.wesh.com/news/second-federal-report-critical-of-dea-actions-with-pharmacies/34427170 THE DEA. WESH 2 NEWS INVESTIGATES. MATT GRANT LOOKED THROUGH THE REPORT. IT’S THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR THAT A GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT HAS BEEN CRITICAL OF THE WAY THE DEA WORKS WITH PHARMACIES AND WHOLESALERS AND IT IS A SENTIMENT WESH 2 NEWS […]
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