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Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Philadelphia residents up in arms over soda tax hit http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/06/philadelphia-residents-up-in-arms-over-soda-tax-hit.html just wait until Senator Manchin gets his opiate prescription tax to help fund treating addicts Clinton backs Manchin plan to tax opioids Philadelphia residents are getting hit by the first big-city soda tax in the country, and they’re not […]
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GW Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Results from Phase 3 Cannabidiol Trial http://www.epilepsy.com/article/2016/3/gw-pharmaceuticals-announces-positive-results-phase-3-cannabidiol-trial Monday, March 14, 2016 GW Pharmaceuticals has announced positive results from the first of two Phase 3 studies of Epidiolex® (cannabidiol or CBD) in the treatment of Dravet syndrome. Median seizure reduction was 39% with Epidiolex versus only 13% with placebo, a scientifically significant […]
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24 dead as flu slams Washington; hospitals and state coordinate to fight epidemic http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article125032549.html Getting a flu shot is a CDC GUIDELINE… just like the opiate dosing guideline… so should healthcare professionals be held liable/responsible for deaths from catching the flu because the healthcare professional did not mandate that their pts get a flu shot […]
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Don’t Rush to Ban or Use Kratom, Expert Says http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/872535? A new review contends that the herbal remedy kratom has some beneficial properties and suggests that a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) proposal to make it illegal could bring legitimate research to a standstill. The leaves from the kratom tree (Mitragyna speciosa), which is found in […]
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Misguided Repeal to Cure Opioid Crisis Ignores Patients’ Pain thepainfultruthbook.com/2016/12/misguided-repeal-to-cure-opioid-crisis-ignores-patients-pain/ Once again, I read the Intractable Pain Act (along with the section of it known as the “Pain Patient’s Bill of Rights”) which was passed by the Tennessee House and Senate in 2001 and repealed in 2015. I did not see anything in the legislation […]
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UK Reclassifies CBD Oil as Medicine Just as America Puts It in Class With Heroin http://www.alternet.org/drugs/uk-reclassifies-cbd-oil-medicine-america-puts-class-heroin After the DEA moved to further constrain Americans’ access to medically miraculous CBD oil by classifying it alongside heroin and cocaine, Britain chose compassion and common sense — and just classified cannabidiol (CBD) as a medicine. On Monday, Britain’s Medicines & […]
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DEA’s marijuana-eradication program still targets Washington, where (some) pot is legal http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/marijuana/deas-marijuana-eradication-program-still-targets-washington/ The Drug Enforcement Administration spends millions of taxpayer dollars each year to eradicate illegal marijuana plants — even in Washington state, where the drug has been legal since 2012. By Drew Atkins Special to The Seattle Times It’s a scene that continues […]
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Walgreens reports surprise drop in quarterly sales http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2017/01/05/walgreens-reports-surprise-drop-in-quarterly-sales.html It has been a few years since Walgreens has implemented their “good faith policy” on filling opiates and allows their Pharmacist to “BLACK BALL” a pt from all 8500 stores… and turn down filling any particular prescription if no more than “they don’t feel comfortable”… I know […]
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There has been a small dedicated groups of chronic painers that have finished the list of twitter address for both House/Senate and working on list of TV/news media. How is the next step in the program is to get those in the chronic pain community to send us links from local news media about how […]
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