Woman dies while being kicked out of hospital

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Woman dies while being kicked out of hospital http://www.khou.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/12/22/woman-kicked-out-of-hospital-dies/77768516/ BLOUNTSTOWN, Fla. — A woman who sought treatment at a hospital here died Monday night after police arrested and forcibly removed her. The Tallahassee law firm of Parks and Crump is representing the family of Barbara Dawson, 56, of Blountstown. The Tallahassee NAACP chapter had an emergency meeting on […]

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BIG BROTHER increasingly practicing medicine without a medical education ?

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

It would seem that the bureaucrats in KENTUCKY have decided to get the state in line with George Orwell’s novel “1984”..  Perhaps those with documented CYP450 fast/ultra fast metabolizer of opiates may have to move out of the state to get adequate pain management.  KASPER is the state’s Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP).  Since the medications […]

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There are currently numerous federal and state regulatory barriers to researching marijuana

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

 U.S. Senators Press Federal Agencies on Medical Marijuana Research http://www.marijuana.com/blog/news/2015/12/u-s-senators-press-federal-agencies-on-medical-marijuana-research/ A group of eight U.S. senators, led by Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, is demanding answers from key federal agencies about why the government hasn’t yet enacted policies to better facilitate scientific research into the medical benefits of marijuana. “There are currently numerous federal and state regulatory barriers to researching […]

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