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Massachusetts, federal officials unite to crack down on improper opioid prescriptions http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/01/state_and_federal_officials_jo.html#comments What do you get when you have a group of bureaucrats from our judicial system looking for “bad doctors, Pharmacists and other healthcare professionals “? Typically, you end up with a WITCH HUNT… because you have people with no medical background making decisions […]
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It’s Like “Nazi Germany” — Federal Police Officer Furious After Cops Attempt to Rob Him & His Wife http://thefreethoughtproject.com/nazi-germany-federal-police-officer-furious-cops-detain-attempt-rob/#sK6iG19T8FEWZ8wU.99 It is my understanding that since this incident, the courts has ruled that it is illegal/unconstitutional to hold a traffic stop until a “drug dog” can be brought to the traffic stop. Unreasonable search and seizure […]
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Legal Duty When Advising on the Use of OTC Products http://www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/issue/2016/January2016/Legal-Duty-When-Advising-on-the-Use-of-OTC-Products?utm_source=GoogleNews&utm_medium=GoogleNews&utm_campaign=PharmacyTimesNews ISSUE OF THE CASE When a patient consults a pharmacist by telephone about a medication for her spouse, and the spouse uses it, which allegedly results in adverse health consequences, can the pharmacist and pharmacy be held liable for monetary damages? FACTS OF THE […]
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Ohio strengthens opioid prescribing guidelines to further prevent prescription drug abuse http://highlandcountypress.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=31145 As part of Ohio’s continuing effort to curb the misuse and abuse of prescription pain medications and unintentional overdoses, the Governor’s Cabinet Opiate Action Team announced Tuesday the adoption of new opioid prescribing guidelines for the outpatient management of patients with acute pain […]
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Will Delay Weaken CDC Opioid Guidance? Recommendations to limit supply and dosing under fire http://www.medpagetoday.com/PainManagement/PainManagement/55573?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2016-01-09&eun=g578717d0r Although the CDC’s pending guidance on opioid prescribing — expected to be some of the strongest federal advice on opioids to date — was supposed to drop this month, politics have forced the agency into an additional public comment period. […]
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DEA So Forfeiture-Focused It Hired A TSA Screener To Check Travelers And Baggage For ‘Guilty’ Cash https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160107/13213033272/dea-so-forfeiture-focused-it-hired-tsa-screener-to-check-travelers-baggage-guilty-cash.shtml from the if-drug-trafficking-dips,-so-do-the-opportunities-to-grab-cash,-so… dept Here you are: written evidence that asset forfeiture leads to law enforcement activity, rather than the other way around. (h/t Brad Heath) The DEA has already been blasted by the DOJ’s Inspector General for […]
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Labs, doctors scrutinized over lucrative drug tests for pain-pill abuse http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/investigations/2015/12/26/labs-doctors-scrutinized-over-lucrative-drug-tests-pain-pill-abuse/77181470/ The DEA/CDC and other bureaucratic agencies have created “guidelines” and everyone is treating these guidelines as “the law”. Now the DOJ – which the DEA is part of – is going after what is consider too frequent urine testing on chronic pain pts.. or […]
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The drug is an anti-diarrheal medication http://www.your4state.com/news/news/officials-identify-new-cause-of-drug-overdose-death WINCHESTER, Va. A Winchester man is dead and another from Clarke County is in critical care after they overdosed on similar over-the-counter medications. Officials said they overdosed on an anti-diarrheal drug called loperamide. “Traditionally, we see people overdosing on substances such as heroin, so this brings […]
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Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Sanders proposes tax hike to pay for universal health care http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/17/sanders-proposes-tax-hike-to-pay-for-universal-health-care.html?intcmp=hpbt1 Many people today have Medicare/Medicaid as their health insurer… but … all too many chronic painers and others with subjective diseases… are unable to find HEALTH CARE. Having health insurance does not necessarily mean getting healthcare ? CHARLESTON, […]
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Can We Fix Opioid Abuse by Rethinking Chronic Pain? http://dailyhealthtime.co/can-we-fix-opioid-abuse-by-rethinking-chronic-pain/#comment-169 It would seem that the anti-opiate group must either dealing with a “single brain” , one generates “talking points” , or all they basically know how to do is cut/paste what others have stated in some publication. By Richard Gunderman January 8, 2016 Over the […]
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