What happens if kratom becomes illegal?

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

What happens if kratom becomes illegal? BY PBS NewsHour  January 15, 2017 at 12:56 PM EST The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has received thousands of comments on whether it should make a psychoactive painkiller called kratom illegal because some say it could be key to battling the country’s opioid epidemic. The DEA announced in […]

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Class-action lawsuit concerning prescription pet foods

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Dr. Fox: Class-action lawsuit concerning prescription pet foods http://www.journalnow.com/relishnow/columnists/dr-fox-class-action-lawsuit-concerning-prescription-pet-foods/article_e648273a-18bf-50bc-a5c7-ba2a514ca175.html Dear Readers: Attorneys in California, Minnesota, Georgia and North Carolina filed a class-action lawsuit against the leading manufacturers and sellers of pet food: Mars, Nestle Purina, Hills, PetSmart and several veterinary hospital chains in California on Dec. 7. The four main pet food brands involved in […]

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From the CDC Comments… Pain DOES Kill.

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Remember this comment from the CDC Guidelines docket? I don’t think there’s been a single day I haven’t thought about this poor husband. Docket CDC-2015-0112 “I write this from the intensive care unit waiting room, a suicide letter on my lap. My beloved wife is currently an ICU patient due to under treated chronic pain. […]

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Southern Indiana courts see rise in heroin, meth sentences

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Southern Indiana courts see rise in heroin, meth sentences http://www.dailyprogress.com/southern-indiana-courts-see-rise-in-heroin-meth-sentences/article_5a489ea9-04a1-5bff-9181-653eb1ace39a.html EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Recently released court statistics show a growing percentage of prisoners sentenced for federal drug crimes in southern Indiana are heroin offenders. A U.S. Sentencing Commission report shows that heroin accounted for nearly 13 percent of the sentences for federal drug crimes […]

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Methadone clinic fights public perceptions

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Methadone clinic fights public perceptions http://www.ncnewsonline.com/methadone-clinic-fights-public-perceptions/article_a6ca5a60-d9ee-11e6-a389-1f2ca472a845.html Our court system in 1917 declared that addiction was a CRIME and not a DISEASE and any prescriber that treats/maintain a addict by prescribing them opiates would lose their license. But now we have the Surgeon General claiming that addiction is a “brain disease” and the DEA is providing […]

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Bellingham mother filed lawsuit against DOC in wrongful death of daughter

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Bellingham mother filed lawsuit against DOC in wrongful death of daughter http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20170115/bellingham-mother-filed-lawsuit-against-doc-in-wrongful-death-of-daughter BELLINGHAM – Late on a June evening, Jacqueline Olivo paced frantically in her cell at MCI-Framingham. The 40-year-old woman had been addicted to drugs for about half her life and was also struggling with mental illness and an infection. Olivo had been in […]

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