USA’s appetite for those illegal substances fuels the drive in China to supply

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Where Synthetic Opioids Really Come From http://www.attn.com/stories/13807/where-synthetic-opioids-really-come-from President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to combat the opioid crisis largely focuses on drug trafficking from Mexico. But in terms of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and carfentanil — powerful narcotics that have contributed to mass overdoses across the United States in recent years — the problem appears to […]

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addiction treatment center: ginned up business by paying sober home operators to send him their residents for outpatient treatment ?

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Patient-brokering charges against treatment center CEO ramped up to 95 http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/patient-brokering-charges-against-treatment-center-ceo-ramped/LKkmoHAeJq4kMCF1fRSOeL/ Already arrested on a handful of patient brokering charges in October, addiction treatment center executive James Kigar is now facing a total of 95 separate criminal counts linked to cashing in on recovering addicts. The spate of extra patient-brokering allegations were filed Dec. 20, according […]

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Online Petitions: used to build databases of names, emails and phone numbers of those who can be called to donate

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Online Petitions Take Citizen Participation to New Levels. But Do They Work? www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/us/online-petitions-activism.html Online petitions are all over the place. Some are political (like one asking members of the Electoral College to vote for Hillary Clinton as president instead of Donald J. Trump); others are unearthly (like one asking that “Star Wars: The Old Republic” […]

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