Nov 8th is the first day of the rest of your life… last election just over 50% of eligible voters – VOTED !

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

When John Kennedy was sworn in as our 35th President.. our national debt was abt 300 BILLION When Pres Obama took office in 2009 as our 44th President…our national debt was abt 12 TRILLION and his quote about us as a nation was: “We are going to have to change our conversation; we’re going to […]

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Editorial: from a Professor of Pharmacy about CVS’ overall safety operation

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

CVS has an Exceptional Opportunity but Rejects It – To the Peril of its Customers and Frustration and Risk of its Pharmacists! http://www.pharmacistactivist.com/2016/July_2016.shtml There is probably no other organization in American pharmacy that can match CVS with respect to the opportunity for having a strongly positive impact on the practice of pharmacy. It has approximately […]

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Pharmacy’s Catch-22: Save a life — or save your livelihood?

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Pharmacy’s Catch-22: Save a life — or save your livelihood? http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drug-topics/news/pharmacy-s-catch-22-save-life-or-save-your-livelihood?cfcache=true Some in the pharmacy community are pushing for Pharmacist to be considered a “practitioners” , which basically means that there is hopes of being able to charge pts and insurance companies for services/advice that has nothing to do with the dispensing of medication. This […]

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An Attorney… calling for ending the war on drugs…

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

End violence by ending war on drugs http://www.sctimes.com/story/opinion/2016/07/23/end-violence-ending-war-drugs/87285478/ The war on drugs has made criminals of otherwise law-abiding citizens. Minority communities have been devastated, and our prisons are filled to a level never seen before. Story Highlights Drug war created gaping holes in Fourth Amendment and militarized police The drug war is waged disproportionately against […]

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And this is the Fed agency that brought up the opiate dosing guidelines ?

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

  https://youtu.be/FPI7zdGdqo4 How Conflicts of Interest Have Corrupted the CDC http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2015/06/30/cdc-receives-funding-from-industry.aspx Conflicts of interest have become more the rule than the occasional exception. Even the trusted US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) receives heavy funding from industry. How this conflict of interest may have affected the organization’s decisions is the topic of an […]

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