HHS announces new actions to combat opioid epidemic

HHS announces new actions to combat opioid epidemic http://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2016/07/06/hhs-announces-new-actions-combat-opioid-epidemic.html U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced several new actions the department is taking to combat the nation’s opioid epidemic.  The actions include expanding access to buprenorphine, a medication to treat opioid use disorder, a proposal to eliminate any potential financial […]

‘Wino Round Up’ in Wolf Point sparks civil rights lawsuit

‘Wino Round Up’ in Wolf Point sparks civil rights lawsuit http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2016/07/12/mass-detentions-wino-round-spark-civil-rights-lawsuit/87016378/ A civil rights complaint filed in federal District Court on Monday alleges that officers from the Wolf Point Police Department and the Fort Peck Department of Law and Justice engaged in a mass detention of Wolf Point’s “street people,” who were denied basic civil […]

Potential Untended consequences of “TRUMP’S WALL “

As everyone knows, often many people… and all to often bureaucrats don’t consider the unintended consequences and/or collateral damage of implemented changes to the existing status quo. Up front, I will admit that I am a firm believer in the fact that we need a better monitored/controlled access across our borders. While Mexico’s border is […]

DEA, others raid drug counseling center

DEA, others raid drug counseling center http://fox45now.com/news/local/dea-others-raid-drug-counseling-center SPRINGFIELD (WRGT) — A drug counseling center was raided today, July 13, 2016, by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Agents from several agencies were involved in the search at Reasonable Choices in Springfield. It went on for more than six hours. Agents carried out at least a dozen […]