Even when petition has TWICE number of required by law signatures… bureaucrat REJECTS IT ?

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Husted rejects all 194,375 signatures on proposed drug price ballot issue This past week I had a article published on National Pain Report  http://nationalpainreport.com/why-do-my-medications-cost-so-much-8831321.html   “Why Do My Medications Cost So Much?”  and I stated that middlemen take 25%-30% of the retail price to fund their infrastructure and profit motives..  This article states that the Veterans’ […]

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suburban New York county .. sued 11 pharmaceutical companies

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

SUING SOURCE: NY county goes after opioid drug makers http://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/2016/09/01/suing-suffolk-county-opioid-addiction-oxycontin/89707544/ Remember the TOBACCO SETTLEMENT from the last of the 20th century … where the tobacco manufacturers agreed to: the original participating manufacturers (OPM) agreed to pay a minimum of $206 billion over the first 25 years of the agreement.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Master_Settlement_Agreement That money “dries up” in […]

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NO DEATHS ??.. 660 poison control calls concerning Kratom during a five-year period

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/drug-related-hospital-emergency-room-visits In 2009, there were nearly 4.6 million drug-related ED visits nationwide. These visits included reports of drug abuse, adverse reactions to drugs, or other drug-related consequences. Almost 50 percent were attributed to adverse reactions to pharmaceuticals taken as prescribed, and 45 percent involved drug abuse. DAWN estimates that of the 2.1 million drug abuse […]

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CVS to Pay Massachusetts $795K, Tighten Policies for Opioids

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

CVS to Pay Massachusetts $795K, Tighten Policies for Opioids http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/cvs-pay-massachusetts-795k-tighten-policies-opioids-41801206   CVS Health Corp. has agreed to pay Massachusetts $795,000 and will tighten its policies for dispensing opioids following an investigation into its drug prescription practices, Attorney General Maura Healey said Thursday. Healey said a settlement reached between the state and the Woonsocket, Rhode Island-based […]

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