DEA Investigators say a former Bullitt Co. Deputy has ties to a Mexican drug cartel

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

DEA Investigators say a former Bullitt Co. Deputy has ties to a Mexican drug cartel http://www.wdrb.com/story/31176353/dea-investigators-say-a-former-bullitt-co-deputy-has-ties-to-a-mexican-drug-cartel LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Investigators say a former Bullitt County Special Deputy has ties to a Mexican Cartel. WDRB traveled to the center of drug operations to investigate how authorities caught up with him and the other local men tied to […]

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Per 3rd Yr PharmD candidate: Only a small minority of pharmacists refuse to dispense medications

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Soon, pharmacists will offer more help to patients http://www.modbee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/article59390669.html Since Oct. 1, California and Oregon have been in the process of implementing a law allowing women to obtain birth control directly from pharmacists. This law is taking effect during a controversial time for pharmacists. In Cosmopolitan magazine last year, writer Haley Potiker detailed being denied […]

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Pharmacist Explains Prescription-Filling Process- piece of cake ?

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Pharmacist Explains Prescription-Filling Process This comes after a Marianna mother claimed another pharmacy’s negligence injured her daughter. Source: Pharmacist Explains Prescription-Filling Process   VIDEO LINK http://www.arkansasmatters.com/news/local-news/pharmacist-explains-prescription-filling-process Does anyone recognize this work environment ?… no drive thru, no ringing phones, no interruptions, no dozens of basket stacked up ? LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Questions continue to roll […]

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There are no DO-OVERS

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Hello everyone! Well, we made it past Monday! I hope you are all doing ok (for those of you who are pain sufferers, I pray that your pain is tolerable). I have another important question for you to answer. You all remember that I had to renew my driver’s license back on the 11th of […]

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Pain never kills anyone.. or at least we don’t keep stats when it does

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Deaths Resulting from the War on Opioids https://www.facebook.com/DeathsFromWarOnOpioids/?fref=nf As a society, we keep track of  successful suicides and attempted suicides.. 40,000 suicides and ONE MILLION attempts every year. It appears that all  deaths that can be in the least associated with a opiate has been declared as a “accidental drug overdose” and it would seem […]

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Why do they rob pharmacies ?… because that is were the “good drugs are ” ?

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Fewer pharmacy robberies in Indy but problem has moved to ‘soft targets’ http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/fewer-pharmacy-robberies-in-indy-but-problem-has-moved-to-soft-targets INDIANAPOLIS — The record number of pharmacy robberies in Indianapolis is dropping, but the problem may be moving elsewhere. 154 robberies were reported at pharmacies in Indianapolis in the first five months of 2015. RELATED | Indiana leads the nation in pharmacy […]

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