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White House Will Have To Justify Kratom Ban White House Will Have To Justify Kratom Ban IMO… people are pretty naive about how the government works… the author of this article seems to think that the White House will have to act on this petition as soon as it hits 100,000 signatures… My money is […]

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Federal Complaint Says Ga. Insurers Overcharge For HIV Meds http://news.wabe.org/post/federal-complaint-says-ga-insurers-overcharge-hiv-meds Public health researchers say health insurers Cigna and Humana are overcharging for HIV treatments. Both companies offer plans under Georgia’s Affordable Care Act exchange. Doctor Melanie Thompson is with the AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta, which, along with Harvard’s Center for Health Law and Policy […]

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Don’t Blink: 9th Circuit Issues Pivotal Decision on Enforcement of CSA Against Cannabis-ness http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=ee970c6d-ae7c-4f36-ae5f-ddcee49ceee4 As reported here, earlier this month the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a decision declining to transfer marijuana out of Schedule I. As marijuana remains a Schedule I controlled substance under the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA), marijuana businesses operating […]

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DEA’s permission needed to prescribe drug that treats opioid addiction http://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/patients-use-controversial-drug-to-curb-opioid-addiction/439110471 CHARLOTTE, N.C. – North Carolina is suffering from an epidemic of prescription drug abuse, and it can often be hard for teenagers to find treatment. There’s a new push in the state for doctors to use a controversial drug to wean teen opioid addicts. Document: Doctors […]

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Nephew of US Senator Jon Tester murdered http://www.abcfoxmontana.com/story/33043126/nephew-of-us-senator-jon-tester-murdered Homicide investigators suspect a nephew of U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, may have been killed with an ax in his home near Spangle as his young daughter was told to stay in a bedroom. Bob Tester, 35, was found dead Tuesday morning at 16109 S. Keeney Road. […]

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I saw this website being promoted… it will connect you to all the newspapers in your zip code area. Where you can write letters/emails to the editor… I guess that it depends on area, but how many people get/read a newspaper any more ? Of course, most newspapers have on-line edition… so there could be […]

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Couple billed thousands for prescription foot cream Pharmacy board asks for complaints to investigate http://www.click2houston.com/news/investigates/couple-billed-thousands-for-prescription-foot-cream HOUSTON – Courtney Segura was in the middle of training for a marathon when a podiatrist told her she had plantar fasciitis, a common injury for runners. The doctor prescribed Segura with a topical cream that she was told would […]

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Alcohol screening and brief intervention tool https://drugstorenewsce.com/content/alcohol-screening-and-brief-intervention-tool According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 29 % of adults in the United States drink too much and are classified as risky drinkers. Four percent of risky drinkers are alcoholics who are dependent on drinking. The other 25% are not dependent on alcohol, […]

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Here’s why drug prices rise even when there’s plenty of competition http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mylan-price-hikes-20160830-snap-story.html At least eight pharmaceutical companies sell a decades-old drug that treats gallstones, but the competition has done little to keep its price down. Instead the price has skyrocketed. Two years ago, ursodiol’s wholesale price was as low as 45 cents a capsule. Then […]

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It is no small coincidence that the DEA’s timing in changing the scheduling of Kratom… as an emergency ruling… avoiding the public comment period and during a period in which Congress is back in their districts campaigning for the Nov 8th election… and Congress will come back for a couple of weeks in Sept.. to […]

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