Race and history of immigration are an essential part of the war on drugs ?

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Mission not accomplished http://www.dailyevergreen.com/news/article_dbc7170c-ca19-11e5-b270-8bee17508834.html The war on drugs has been a misguided failure. Or so a professor claimed yesterday, as part of the Foley Institute’s Coffee & Politics series. Suzanna Reiss, associate professor in the Department of History at University of Hawai’i Manoa and author of “We Sell Drugs: The Alchemy of U.S. Empire,” spoke […]

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UP TO 400,000 preventable medical errors deaths… no epidemic here ?

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Medical Errors in Hospitals are Third Leading Cause of Death in U.S.   http://www.natlawreview.com/article/medical-errors-hospitals-are-third-leading-cause-death-us#sthash.psIWTykO.dpuf The Journal of Patient Safety discussed recent studies which have shown that preventable medical errors are responsible for between 200,000 and 400,000 patient deaths per year in U.S. hospitals. These errors include facility acquired infections, medication errors, omissions in treatment, communication […]

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Paying criminals not to commit crimes.. where do we sign up ?

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

DC government will pay criminals not to commit crimes http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/02/dc_government_will_pay_criminals_not_to_commit_crimes.html#ixzz3z8UrBVi3 In ancient times, it was known as “Tribute” – a city or town paying barbarians not to attack and destroy their homes.  Sometimes it worked, and the barbarians went away.  But more often than not, the barbarians happily took the tribute and then attacked and […]

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Insurer: pt NOT SICK ENOUGH for Hep-C med.. Genocide American Style

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Lawsuits claim insurers unfairly refuse pricey hepatitis C drugs http://www.pharmacychoice.com/News/article.cfm?Article_ID=1507549 Feb. 03David Morton figures he contracted hepatitis C back in the late 1980s, when the Ph.D. chemist was doing a dirty job: analyzing raw-sewage samples for toxins in Texas. “We were looking for priority pollutants on the Environmental Protection Agency watch list,” the 61-year-old Redmond […]

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