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IMPD officer, son of Marion Co. sheriff arrested in cocaine investigation http://fox59.com/2016/01/12/impd-officer-son-of-marion-co-sheriff-arrested-in-cocaine-investigation/ INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Jan. 12, 2016)– Three people, including an IMPD officer, were arrested Tuesday in connection with an ongoing narcotics investigation. Christopher Reed, 33, Victoria Purdy, 41, and Nikolas Layton, 35, face preliminary charges including suspicion of dealing in cocaine, conspiracy to deal cocaine, […]

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How the CDC Misclassifies Opioid Overdoses http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2016/1/12/how-the-cdc-misclassifies-opioid-overdose-deaths-1 there is a old saying on “The Hill”… “.. horror stories don’t make good policy…but.. they do make policy ..” Combine that with the quote about “…never let a crisis go to waste” and here we are… dealing with a trumped up opiate epidemic By Denise Molohon, Guest […]

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Have you ever felt like the government doesn’t really care what you think? Professors Martin Gilens (Princeton University) and Benjamin I. Page (Northwestern University) looked at more than 20 years worth of data to answer a simple question: Does the government represent the people? Their study took data from nearly 2000 public opinion surveys and […]

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10 top patient safety issues for 2016 http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/10-top-patient-safety-issues-for-2016.html 400,000 people die every year from medical errors Healthcare has no doubt made giant strides in patient safety in recent years: According to an HHS report released in December, hospital-acquired condition rates dropped 17 percent from 2010 to 2014, leading to 87,000 fewer patient deaths in hospitals. […]

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This is very interesting email  the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center  charge is to deal with on the job injuries and KASPER Advisory Council  is a 11 member board of “professionals”…but I could not find out who is on or in charge of either of these groups… yet the state of KY is using […]

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Be Wary of Deadly Mistakes in Health Care Too often, patients are unaware that mistakes in health care are not unusual and can have extremely serious consequences. http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2016/01/11/be-wary-of-deadly-mistakes-in-health-care-55490eadly Mistakes in Health Care Most people never imagine that doctors, nurses or pharmacists make mistakes. They trust their health professionals to make the correct diagnosis, prescribe the […]

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This medical pot salesman could be jailed 35 years in Washington — where pot is legal http://theweek.com/speedreads/598543/medical-pot-salesman-could-jailed-35-years-washington–where-pot-legal #DEA creates “loop-holes” to circumvent new laws.. slapped down by FEDERAL COURT ? I posted about this very issue back in Oct… see link above… apparently the rulings of FEDERAL COURT means little/nothing to those within the DEA. […]

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Criminal Law Reform The Criminal Law Reform Project seeks to end harsh policies and racial inequities in the criminal justice system. https://www.aclu.org/issues/criminal-law-reform?redirect=drug-law-reform The Criminal Law Reform Project (CLRP) focuses its work on the “front end” of the criminal justice system—from policing to sentencing— seeking to end excessively harsh criminal justice policies that result in mass […]

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Prescription painkiller deaths fall in medical marijuana states http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0GP1UJ20140825 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Researchers aren’t sure why, but in the 23 U.S. states where medical marijuana has been legalized, deaths from opioid overdoses have decreased by almost 25 percent, according to a new analysis. “Most of the discussion on medical marijuana has been about […]

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Utah fears thousands infected in hepatitis C outbreak after exposure to hospital nurse http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/01/10/utah-fears-thousands-infected-in-hepatitis-c-outbreak-after-exposure-to-hospital-nurse.html?intcmp=hpbt3 More than 7,000 patients at a Utah hospital were potentially exposed to an “outbreak” of hepatitis C after coming into contact with an infected former nurse – but less than half have come in for free testing to find out if […]

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