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Sudden, Unexpected Death in Chronic Pain Patients why? http://dailyhealthrecords.com/2015/10/29/sudden-unexpected-death-in-chronic-pain-patients-why/?fdx_switcher=true Severe pain, independent of medical therapy, may cause sudden, unexpected death. Cardiac arrest is the cause, and practitioners need to know how to spot a high-risk patient. Sudden, unexpected death may occur in a severe, chronic pain patient, and the terminal event may be unrelated to […]

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Dookhan Pleads Guilty, Gets 3-5 Years In Prison http://badchemistry.wbur.org/2013/11/22/dookhan-plea-prison Disgraced former state chemist Annie Dookhan is now behind bars, after she pleaded guilty Friday to all 27 counts against her related to the drug lab crisis. Dookhan showed little emotion and spoke softly as she pleaded guilty. After accepting Dookhan’s plea, Judge Carol Ball sentenced […]

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Costly, and often deadly, medical errors prompt calls for hospitals to accept fault There’s no hard-and-fast rule for how hospitals handle cost of care when patients have bad outcomes and fault is disputed. http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/costly-and-often-deadly-medical-errors-prompt-calls-hospitals-accept-fault When Charles Thompson checked into the hospital one July morning in 2011, he expected a standard colonoscopy. He never anticipated how […]

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Thousands Demand Firing Of DEA Chief After He Calls Medical Marijuana A ‘Joke’ http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/thousands-demand-firing-of-dea-chief-after-he-calls-medical-marijuana-a-joke/ar-BBmWl48 A petition calling for President Barack Obama to fire acting Drug Enforcement Administration chief Chuck Rosenberg over his remarks on medical marijuana had gathered over 28,000 signatures, by Thursday afternoon.  Rosenberg, a former FBI official who was tapped to lead the […]

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DEA: Mexican cartels are taking over https://personalliberty.com/dea-mexican-cartels-are-taking-over/ As the Obama administration continues with its weak border policies, the Drug Enforcement Administration is warning that one of the biggest criminal threats Americans face is Mexican traffickers moving freely across the southern border. That Mexican cartels are moving huge amounts of drugs across the southern border certainly […]

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Feds allege doctor ran deadly ‘pain pill mill’ http://www.9news.com/story/local/2013/08/26/1874846/ CRAIG, Colo. – The 9Wants to Know investigators have learned the feds arrested a well-known doctor who they allege has been over prescribing prescription pain medication that resulted in two patient deaths and many other patients getting medication to feed their addictions. A grand jury has […]

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DEA Wiretaps OF CA Drug Ring May Not Be Deemed Legal, DOJ Fears http://www.thecrimereport.org/news/crime-and-justice-news/2015-11-fed-wiretaps-may-be-illegal Federal drug agents built a massive wiretapping operation in the Los Angeles suburbs, secretly intercepting tens of thousands of phone calls and text messages to monitor drug traffickers across the U.S. despite objections from Justice Department lawyers who fear the practice may not […]

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Torture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture In the healthcare system, the word TORTURE really doesn’t exist… in reality… it is normally labeled as irresponsible professional negligence and/or malpractice.  Needless to say, intentionally cause physical/mental “harm” to a patient can have its financial/professional/legal consequences for the healthcare provider. Torture is the act of deliberately inflicting severe physical or psychological pain […]

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