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Legal marijuana snuffing out eradication program http://www.bucyrustelegraphforum.com/story/news/local/2015/08/21/legal-marijuana-snuffing-eradication-program/32109409/ The multi-million dollar federal marijuana eradication program may be on its last legs as more states legalize the drug and results of the program decline. Since 2010, funding for the program has been relatively stable, yet states receiving the money have reported 35 percent fewer arrests and 58 […]

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Mailbox medicine delivered to wrong house, twice ST. PETERS – Shelia Van Drew doesn’t subscribe to magazines and she doesn’t expect birthday cards to come on time. The St. Peters woman says she accepted years ago that her mail delivery is unreliable. But a recent delivery got her angry enough to contact Five on Your […]

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Surge in heroin use tied to prescription opioid abuse http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150818122002.htm   To combat both the heroin and prescription opioid epidemic the Obama administration announced a new $13.4 million program to curb access to both. The program will target illegal trafficking of the drugs in areas that have been particularly hard hit by the epidemic, including […]

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Motivate and don’t lecture patients, expert urges http://www.drugstorenews.com/article/motivate-and-dont-lecture-patients-expert-urges?utm_term=DSN&utm_source=MagnetMail&utm_medium=subject&utm_term=NACDS%20TSE%20Live%20Show%20Report%3A%20Business%20Program%20highlights%3B%20Costco%20and%20DSN%E2%80%99s%20reception&utm_content=DSN-NLE-PDX%20TSE%20Daily-08-24-15 DENVER — How can a pharmacist improve patients’ adherence to their medication therapy and encourage healthier behavior? Don’t lecture, don’t scold and don’t preach.  That’s the message Bruce Berger, president of Berger Consulting, had for attendees of his insight session on “Medication Adherence and the Role of […]

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Some Illinois health systems say no to medical marijuana http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/medical/some-illinois-health-systems-say-no-to-medical-marijuana/article_787193a2-0be9-5338-a62b-003276aa0f48.html CHICAGO • Patients must have a doctor’s signature to buy medical marijuana in Illinois, but some health systems are forbidding doctors from putting pen to paper because the drug is still illegal at the federal level. Others are cautiously allowing doctors to participate in the […]

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This is audio tape of the FL BOP’s committee meeting. At this meeting, there was two DEA spokespersons, Unfortunately this audio is nearly three hours long, but there are some interesting segments from all the participants. One thing that I found interesting is they talk about common sense and critical thinking skills interchangeable and as […]

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Officials: Discarded ashes blamed in $2 million Lititz apartment building blaze http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/two-alarm-fire-in-apartment-building-just-outside-lititz/article_ab9e5a5c-484d-11e5-930b-07f436c9267d.html A family members’ 87 year mothers lost everything in this fire…she was a regular patient at a CVS around the corner from this fire. Her son took her to the CVS and the refused to give her a few days and told her […]

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