The best politicians/laws that money can buy ?

Lawyers: The unelected legislators of our rights http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-judiciary/296437-lawyers-the-unelected-legislators-of-our-rights   Millions of people in the United States believe that our systems of government and justice are rigged, and they are right. What most people may not realize, however, is that their individual rights — rights supposedly protected by the Constitution of the United States – are […]

Moving the needle ?

There are few American left alive from when the seeds of the war on drugs was started with The Harrison Narcotic Act 1914 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Narcotics_Tax_Act Whether it makes a difference or not, the Democrats were in the majority in both houses of Congress and Woodrow Wilson (D) signed it into law.  The driving force behind the […]

the country has no system in place to track the tens of thousands of deaths that occur each year

This Should Superbug You https://www.propublica.org/article/srsly-this-should-superbug-you A new Reuters investigation shows that 15 years after drug-resistant infections were declared a “grave threat,” the situation is far worse, and the country has no system in place to track the tens of thousands of deaths that occur each year. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PREVENTABLE DEATHS each year…  Nothing […]

FDA Rejects Eliquis Antidote

FDA Rejects Eliquis Antidote If you start bleeding when using one of the new NOAC (New Oral Anti-cogulants)..  Isn’t it reassuring that if you start to HEMORRHAGE… 79% of the pts will get excellent/good blood clotting within TWELVE HOURS.. Maybe the other 21% JUST BLEEDS TO DEATH ? Warfarin has always been the gold standard […]

White House Manual Details How to Deal With Protesters

White House Manual Details How to Deal With Protesters http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/21/AR2007082101662.html Not that they’re worried or anything. But the White House evidently leaves little to chance when it comes to protests within eyesight of the president. As in, it doesn’t want any. A White House manual that came to light recently gives presidential advance staffers extensive […]

Former Speaker of the House (John Boehner) is a NICOTINE ADDICT ?

Camel Smoker John Boehner’s New Job: Tobacco Lobbyist Former House Speaker joins tobacco company board of directors http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pulmonology/Smoking/60264 Former House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is one of two new board members for the tobacco giant Reynolds American (RAI), the company announced Thursday. In a press statement, Thomas C. Wajnert, who chairs Reynolds’ board of directors […]

The LONGEST WHITE HOUSE PROTEST – 32 YEARS AND COUNTING.. EFFECTIVENESS ??

Connie Picciotto has kept vigil near the White House for 32 years. Why, and at what cost? http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/feature/wp/2013/05/02/connie-picciotto-has-kept-vigil-near-the-white-house-for-32-years-why-and-at-what-cost/ Connie Picciotto, who has maintained a protest vigil in front of the White House since the early 1980s, seen from inside her shelter (a sheet of plastic draped over a patio umbrella and secured with binder clips) […]

Game designed by chronic pain pt denied their medication… Pharmacist “not comfortable ” ?

You Must Kill a Pharmacist for Hitman’s Newest Mission http://www.gamespot.com/articles/you-must-kill-a-pharmacist-for-hitmans-newest-miss/1100-6443648/ The next Elusive Target for Hitman has been announced. This mission, which is Hitman’s 10th Elusive Target since launch, sees players tracking down a mysterious pharmacist. The mission goes live on the in-game Featured Hub today, September 16, starting at 5 AM PT / 8 […]

Indiana Law enforcement officers who register to use the (INSPECT) database can access it 24 hours a day, seven days a week

Police get tips on prescription drug abuse http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-inspect-training-st-0916-20160915-story.html Apparently in INDIANA … the state could care less about HIPAA since they give law enforcement Carte blanche assess to the state’s PMP (INSPECT).  Some states make law enforcement to get a subpoena to get access to the state’s PMP database.  But then Indiana has for several […]

Refusing to hire a person with chronic pain because they can’t pass a drug test is illegal

Happy Jack’s Casino sued for drug test discrimination http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2016/09/15/happy-jacks-sued-drug-test-discrimination/90406402/ Refusing to hire a person with chronic pain because they can’t pass a drug test is illegal, according to a lawsuit filed against the owners of Happy Jack’s Casino in Sioux Falls. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a complaint against M.G. Oil on Wednesday that […]