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http://www.usnpl.com/ Here is a little website that that will give you links to all the TV/newspapers and other media in the US… all indexed by state. I just used this website to send a two page letter to all these stations in the major TV stations in Louisville,KY and all the major TV station in […]

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Klobuchar Requests Update on Drug Enforcement Administration Efforts to Monitor Controlled Substance Providers http://www.klobuchar.senate.gov/public/news-releases?ID=60B7C2EC-3BE3-4F3B-9874-F3D630FE1B35 August 04, 2016 A recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found deficiencies in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) internal controls intended to ensure that individuals who are granted the authority to handle controlled substances are eligible and remain eligible […]

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Hospital pharmacists can help reduce opioid prescriptions http://pharmacytoday.org/article/S1042-0991(16)30505-9/fulltext A substantial amount of attention is being paid to our nation’s problem with opioid abuse, misuse, diversion, and addiction. Pharmacists are in an ideal position to help address the opioid epidemic and make sure these agents are used appropriately. Community pharmacists may play a role in reducing […]

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The Fallout of Workers’ Comp ‘Reforms’: 5 Tales of Harm Injured workers share their stories, revealing the real-life impact of rollbacks that have been spreading across the country. https://www.propublica.org/article/workers-compensation-injured-workers-share-stories-of-harm An investigation by ProPublica and NPR earlier this month detailed how states across the nation have been dismantling their workers’ compensation systems, with disastrous consequences for many of […]

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Getting a Painkiller from a Doctor Is About to Get Harder The government set new guidelines for primary care physicians on prescribing medicines for chronic pain. http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-03-15/cdc-issues-guidance-on-prescription-painkillers Government health officials on Tuesday provided strategies for primary care doctors who treat patients suffering from chronic pain. Among the recommendations: to use urine drug testing before prescribing […]

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National Guard, DEA, State Police Raid Elderly Cancer Patient Over 4 Pot Plants   www.mintpressnews.com/national-guard-dea-state-police-raid-elderly-cancer-patient-4-pot-plants/219155/ In a gross display of wasted taxpayer dollars, dozens of Massachusetts National Guard personnel, operating under a grant from the DEA, alongside Massachusetts State Police, descended into the backyard of an 81-year-old cancer patient in a raid last week — […]

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Hearings Begin In Journalist’s Freedom Of Information Lawsuit Against DEA http://ripr.org/post/hearings-begin-journalists-freedom-information-lawsuit-against-dea  A judge in U.S. District Court in Rhode Island began hearings Wednesday in a lawsuit against the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency, spurred by a local journalist. Providence-based writer Phil Eil, says he’s fought for more than five years to obtain access to thousands of […]

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Mud slinging – political style I sense a HIDDEN AGENDA by those – mostly in the “Republican Establishment” that are refusing to support the candidate of the party that they are suppose to belong to. There seems to be a solid resentment because those who are part of the “old guard” of the Republican party […]

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Business Groups Sue U.S. Government Over Tax-Inversion Rules — Update http://www.nasdaq.com/article/business-groups-sue-us-government-over-taxinversion-rules–update-20160804-01162 BY LAW… the USA President is the final authority if laws, regulations are enforced.. Congress is suppose to be the only entity within our three separate/distinct parts of our Federal government that can pass laws. Which our President can sign or veto and Congress […]

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