CDC genocide or assisted suicide ?

FROM ANOTHER FACE BOOK POST: This is not an easy post to write, and I have had reservations about posting it all. I just thought it was important to let people know just how serious these battles fought with chronic pain can be. A very dear friend of mine that has been like a brother […]

CDC instructed doctors to stop routine testing of pain patients for marijuana use

As opioid epidemic rages, CDC tells doctors: ignore marijuana blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/2016/03/18/as-opioid-epidemic-rages-cdc-tells-doctors-ignore-marijuana/ Faced with an FDA-manufactured opioid painkiller overdose epidemic, the Centers for Disease Control has revised its guidelines to avoid something possibly making the epidemic worse — the routine screening of opioid users for marijuana use. Today, the CDC instructed doctors to stop routine testing of […]

“Calling these (overdoses) accidents is sweeping it under the rug”

Local coroners react to Lycoming County coroner’s decision to rule heroin overdose deaths homicides http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/local-coroners-react-to-lycoming-county-coroner-s-decision-to-rule-heroin-overdose-deaths-homicides-1.2023307 News that a coroner in Lycoming County has begun ruling heroin overdoses as homicides drew skepticism from local coroners. Lycoming County Coroner Charles Kiessling Jr. had been marking overdose deaths as accidental, which he called standard practice, but said he’s […]

production of illegal marijuana has dropped dramatically after legalized

Production Of Illegal Marijuana Drops In Washington http://www.opb.org/news/article/marijuana-washington-illegal-grows-dea/ A new report says the production of illegal marijuana has dropped dramatically in recent years in Washington state. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says the number of marijuana plants seized in Washington state in 2014 was 57,000 — about 80 percent less than what was seized in 2010. Over […]

Awareness campaign for treatment for substance abusers.. draws opponents

Anti-opiate drug ads on Mass. transit raise questions for doctors http://www.commercial-news.com/cnhi_network/anti-opiate-drug-ads-on-mass-transit-raise-questions-for/article_834de982-b363-5505-a284-dc02bf56174b.html BOSTON — Vivitrol is described by some doctors as a “silver bullet” to help heroin and opioid addicts kick the habit, and the drug’s manufacturer is seeking to capitalize on its rising popularity. Alkermes, the Ireland-based company that makes Vivitrol, is spending hundreds of thousands […]

the “profiteers” of the war on drugs ?

Doctors of Courage

I am a disenfranchised physician because of the war against doctors. Fifteen out of my 150 patients died after the government closed my office. That is 10% loss of good people that didn’t deserve to die. I was released from prison on Dec 16, 2015. I am building several websites. www.doctorsofcourage.org is live. Please, if […]

There is no JOB SECURITY in preventing diverting/abuse ?

Police: Pot is still a priority http://www.jconline.com/story/news/crime/2016/03/25/police-pot-still-priority/81977548/ When Derek MacIntire was 18 years old, he went to jail for a joint found in his home near Delphi. He was charged again in college for about 3 grams of marijuana. Soon, his financial aid was revoked and his court costs became overwhelming, spinning him into a blur of frustration and […]

DEA unemployment program ?

Legalize It All How to win the war on drugs https://harpers.org/archive/2016/04/legalize-it-all/1/ In 1994, John Ehrlichman, the Watergate co-conspirator, unlocked for me one of the great mysteries of modern American history: How did the United States entangle itself in a policy of drug prohibition that has yielded so much misery and so few good results? Americans […]

Opioid Treatment 10-year Longevity Survey Final Report

Opioid Treatment 10-year Longevity Survey Final Report Patients in this study were found to be functioning quite well after 10 or more years on generally stable opioid dosages—with the vast majority able to care for themselves and even drive. By Forest Tennant, MD, DrPH http://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/treatments/pharmacological/opioids/opioid-treatment-10-year-longevity-survey-final-report Please note that this was done in 2010…  Remember the […]