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The VA’s Attempt To Fight Opioid Dependence Leaves Pain Patients Cut Off http://taskandpurpose.com/the-vas-attempt-to-fight-opioid-dependence-leaves-pain-patients-cut-off/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_content=tp-facebook&utm_campaign=culture After the Department of Veterans Affairs scaled back its prescriptions of opioids, many patients were left to deal with their chronic pain by themselves. Anyone who has ruck marched with a heavy pack, performed a parachute landing fall out of a C-130 […]

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The problem with the White House’s heroin program http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/problem-the-white-houses-heroin-program With the country in the grips of a great American heroin relapse, the White House on Monday announced a new strategy to subdue the epidemic, pairing law enforcement officials with public health workers and deploying them in 15 states rife with opioid addicts. The program, funded […]

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Investigators: 3 dead after 18 heroin overdose within 24 hours in Washington County http://www.wpxi.com/news/news/local/crews-respond-least-12-overdoses-washington-county/nnLNc/ WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pa. — Three of 18 people who overdosed on heroin  Sunday into Monday in Washington County died, investigators said.  The cases were reported in several areas, including Donora, Amwell, Canonsburg, Houston and Washington. Seventeen of the 18 cases occurred […]

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Insys Therapeutics, Inc. Files Citizen Petition With the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to Reschedule Its Synthetic Pharmaceutical Cannabidiol (CBD) This may be interesting to see how protective the DEA is of components of MJ being sold as a Rx drug… when this particular component is already available as a Rx med.. just in a different […]

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MarkeTouch Media Acquires Licenses for Walgreen Co.’s Prescription Alignment Patents Now the three major chain pharmacies have announced similar programs to focus on allowing pts to sync all their medications so that they only have to make one trip a month to pick up all their medications.  While they are professing that it will help […]

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DEA battle against synthetic drugs grows as poison control calls skyrocket for “spice” http://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/dea-battle-against-synthetic-drugs-heats-up The battle against synthetic drugs is heating up in Arizona, as new numbers show calls to poison control centers, regarding “spice”, are skyrocketing.    Already in 2015  there have been 140 calls in Arizona, making us the seventh highest state in […]

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In heroin fight, White House will push treatment http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-heroin-fight-white-house-tries-to-break-down-walls-between-public-health-police/2015/08/16/f63d63c2-4425-11e5-8ab4-c73967a143d3_story.html As heroin overdoses and deaths soar in many parts of the nation, the White House plans to announce Monday an initiative that will for the first time pair public health and law enforcement in an effort to shift the emphasis from punishment to the treatment of […]

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https://youtu.be/dm6xexu_wJY?t=3m32s Former analyst sentenced for child porn on DEA computer http://www.kmbz.com/Former-analyst-sentenced-for-child-porn-on-DEA-com/21866511 KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A former analyst was sentenced Monday to 63 months in federal prison for downloading child pornography to a laptop computer assigned to the Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today. Matthew Barnes, 34, Overland Park, Kan., pleaded guilty […]

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Cold-medicine rules pioneered by Oregon curb meth labs http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2015/08/16/cold-medicine-rules-pioneered-oregon-curb-meth-labs/31808799/ 80% of the meth product found in this country is imported from SOUTH OF THE BOARDER… While the two states have dramatically reduced the number of meth lab busts… there is no mention of the fact of the status of Meth being readily available one the […]

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