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As opioid prescription rates decrease, overdose deaths remain the same: Is this progress? http://www.clinicaladvisor.com/the-waiting-room/are-decreased-opioid-prescription-rates-progress/article/485154/#disqus_thread Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin also offered an opinion on the proposed laws in an interview with the Associated Press, citing a 2012 statistic that 250 million doses of opioids were prescribed in 2012: “For nonchronic conditions, it should be no more […]

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Father builds guillotine and chops off his own hand in bid to end years of agony after accident left him in pain but doctors did not help…and it still hurts http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2591485/Father-builds-guillotine-chops-hand-bid-end-years-agony-accident-left-pain-doctors-did-not-help-hurts.html#ixzz43sRE7Czc A motorcycle crash victim has amputated his injured hand with a homemade guillotine to end 16 years of unbearable pain only to find his […]

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Physicians Face Moral Dilemma in Conscription on War on Drugs http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/physicians-face-moral-dilemma-conscription-war-drugs By Jeffrey A. Singer This article appeared in the Reason.com on March 23, 2016. America’s physicians have been conscripted as law enforcement agents in the never-ending War on Drugs, and it puts us in a moral dilemma. As media attention has turned to the recent national surge […]

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THE BATTLE CONTINUES VS                             I had trouble getting these readable… bottom line .. Mark got a 30 day injunction and restraining order against the actions of the MT Medical Licensing Board.

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Justice Department defends legality of vast DEA wiretap program http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/03/23/justice-department-defends-vast-riverside-wiretap-program/82182228/ The Justice Department offered its first defense this week of a once-vast eavesdropping program carried out by federal drug agents in the Los Angeles suburbs over the objection of government lawyers who feared it was illegal. The Justice Department urged a judge not to throw […]

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FDA Updates Misuse, Abuse and Death Warnings, Safety Labeling for IR Opioids http://www.painmedicinenews.com/Web-Only/Article/03-16/FDA-Updates-Misuse-Abuse-and-Death-Warnings-Safety-Labeling-for-IR-Opioids/35699/ses=ogst Adrenal Issues, Hormonal Deficits, Serotonin Syndrome Warned for Entire Opioid Class The FDA has announced another “bullet” in its fight against opioid-related misuse, abuse and death, issuing several new safety warnings, black box warnings and other labeling changes for all immediate-release (IR) […]

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Ibsen heads to India to practice medicine ktvh.com/2016/03/ibsen-heads-to-india-to-practice-medicine/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_KTVH_Helena%2FKBGF_Great_Falls (MTN News-Helena) After Dr. Mark Ibsen’s two-year battle with the state, the final action regarding his license to practice medicine was Tuesday afternoon. However, officials have not disclosed their ruling. Ibsen, accused of over-prescribing pain killers to 9 patients, has been the subject of an inquiry by […]

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DEA Admits Total Failure To Fight Heroin In One Stunning Tweet  http://dailycaller.com/2016/03/22/dea-admits-total-failure-to-fight-heroin-in-one-tweet/#ixzz43gKZ4Ene The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) managed to highlight 20 years of their own abject failure to enforce federal drug laws with a single tweet Tuesday.   DEA HQ Verified account ‏@DEAHQ Today’s heroin at the retail level costs less & is more potent […]

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TV-6 Investigates: QCA lacks public medical mistake databases http://kwqc.com/2016/03/21/tv-6-investigates-qca-lacks-public-medical-mistake-databases/ DAVENPORT, Iowa. (KWQC) – Wrong site surgeries are what doctors call never events, they should never happen. But it’s tough for patients in the Q.C.A. to find out if their hospital had any. Earlier this month TV-6 investigates revealed a state inspection citing Genesis Health System […]

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Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi becomes latest victim of the Trump Curse. http://www.redstate.com/moe_lane/2016/03/21/pam-bondi-trump-foundation-crew-irs-nonprofit-justice-for-all/ Executive summary: Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi in 2013 was considering joining in a lawsuit against Trump University.  Shortly thereafter, a check for $25,000 was sent to Bondi’s campaign political action committee [electioneering communications organization] “And Justice For All” by the Trump Foundation. […]

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