what does the movie “THE MONEY PIT” and the war on drugs have in common ?

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

A young couple struggles to repair a hopelessly dilapidated house The war on drugs was unofficially declared by The Harrison Narcotic Act 1914 In watching this movie.. it is like in 1970 when The Controlled Substance Act was enacted and the war on drugs was officially declared… on a problem that had had very little […]

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Does a PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS precedes a EPIDEMIC ?

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Report: Chronic, Undertreated Pain Affects 116 Million Americans healthland.time.com/2011/06/29/report-chronic-undertreated-pain-affects-116-million-americans/ Serious, chronic pain affects at least 116 million Americans each year, many of whom are inadequately treated by the health-care system, according to a new report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The report offers a blueprint for addressing what it calls a “public health crisis” […]

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Why do they never talk about how many substance abusers go/stay in recovery?

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

It is estimated that there are abt TWO MILLION dedicated opiate substance abusers… of those abt 28 K die of unintentional or suicidal overdoses.. that two million is abt 0.5% of our population and those that die are about 0.07% of those abusing opiates. At the current rate of 51 billion/yr spending fighting the war […]

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