Email steve@steveariens.com 502-938-2414
Pay Attention
DEA Must Stop Interfering With Legal Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, Federal Court Rules http://time.com/4080110/dea-medical-marijuana-california-ruling/ The judge said the DEA was defying the “language and logic” of the law In a victory for state medical marijuana programs and patients, a federal court in California ruled Monday that federal authorities may not shut down medical pot dispensaries operating […]
Filed under: General Problems | 3 Comments »
Filed under: General Problems | 2 Comments »
Painkiller crackdown sparks industry blow back http://thehill.com/regulation/healthcare/257204-painkiller-crackdown-sparks-industry-blowback Healthcare industry groups are launching a preemptive strike against soon-to-drop federal guidelines meant to tamp down on the prescription of powerful painkillers. The forthcoming guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are meant to combat the abuse of drugs like Hyrdocodone, Oxycontin and Percocet, which […]
Filed under: General Problems | 3 Comments »
FTC lays out new antitrust landscape for medical boards http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20151014/NEWS/151019958 Seeking to address questions raised by a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, the Federal Trade Commission issued guidance Wednesday explaining how boards can regulate their own professions without violating antitrust law. The guidance describes what regulatory boards must do in order to avoid violating antitrust […]
Filed under: General Problems | Leave a Comment »
Senators say anti-pill mill law has seen patients’ pain go untreated http://floridapolitics.com/archives/192845-senators-say-anti-pill-mill-law-has-seen-patients-pain-go-untreated Members of the Senate Health Policy Committee discussed a 2011 law designed to crack down on illicit painkiller prescriptions through “pill mills,” which Chairman Aaron Bean said has sent “the pendulum from one direction to the other.” The law, HB 7095, was spearheaded by […]
Filed under: General Problems | 1 Comment »
Officials target opioid prescriptions http://www.unionleader.com/Officials-target-opioid-prescriptions Gov. Maggie Hassan and Attorney General Joseph Foster went behind closed doors last week with state medical officials to present a draft of tough rules for doctors who prescribe opioids, the New Hampshire Union Leader has learned.Hassan has asked the Board of Medicine to use emergency powers to adopt the […]
Filed under: General Problems | 3 Comments »
Prescription overdose deaths fall in Oklahoma what do you think the odds are that no one ever uses drugs to commit suicide ? According to all/nearly all stats… no one ever uses drugs to commit suicide… those that die of a drug overdose… does it accidentally… http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/health/prescription-overdose-deaths-fall-in-oklahoma/article_837622d4-3bd4-5d74-894e-61f0662e4769.html?mode=story Oklahoma saw the number of residents dying from […]
Filed under: General Problems | 1 Comment »
I got a email from a friend of mine that lives in one of the northern states and is a “Florida snow bird” 3-5 months a year.. and has done the same cycle for the last 10 + yrs. This is a 70 something post-polio gentleman. He has been seeing the same northern pain doc […]
Filed under: General Problems | 3 Comments »
List of health-related charity fundraisers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_health-related_charity_fundraisers While this list is not complete, it is pretty lengthy and while there are some international listing.. in the good old USA.. the total fund raisers listed for subjective and/or mental health diseases … appears to be ZERO Is this from the puritanical thread that remains in our societal […]
Filed under: General Problems | Leave a Comment »
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com
Filed under: General Problems | 1 Comment »
