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Daphne Bramham: Patients with chronic pain are collateral damage in opioid epidemic vancouversun.com/news/local-news/daphne-bramham-patients-with-chronic-pain-are-collateral-damage-in-opioid-epidemic On Boxing Day, Geoff Moses will run out of the oxycodone pills that have controlled his chronic pain over the past three years, allowing him to work and have a life. Once that last pill is gone, his pain will intensify and […]
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Pennsylvania insurers report decrease in opioid prescriptions http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/pennsylvania-insurers-report-decrease-in-opioid-prescriptions/article_286823f2-d1f4-11e6-89db-5b2c084661e5.html The number of opioid prescription reimbursements fell dramatically in one of the largest health insurance networks in the region in late 2016, suggesting efforts to cut widespread abuse may be working. The decline reported by Highmark in September, October and November coincided with the launch of the […]
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Legal challenge filed against DEA’s new marijuana extract rule www.thecannabist.co/2017/01/13/hemp-dea-extracts-marijuana-cbd-judicial-review/71387/ The hemp industry has taken the DEA to court in the wake of a controversial new rule on marijuana extracts. Denver’s Hoban Law Group, representing the Hemp Industries Association, Centuria Natural Foods and RMH Holdings LLC, on Friday filed a judicial review action against the […]
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Medical Marijuana Facing Prejudice and Unnecessary Restrictions in its Way to Save Lives http://www.latinoshealth.com/articles/23254/20170116/medical-marijuana-facing-prejudice-and-unnecessary-restrictions-in-its-way-to-save-lives.htm Cannabis is under strict regulations of DEA and prejudice from NIDA despite eighteen states issuing permission to medical cannabis. Scientists are facing numerous difficulties in carrying researches to find out the potential benefits of the drug. Other restricted compounds like MDMA, […]
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New death certificate proposal could change how law enforcement combats drug epidemic http://wsbt.com/news/local/new-death-certificate-proposal-could-change-how-law-enforcement-combats-drug-epidemic It has been reported that the DEA only seizes 4% of the drug cartels’ production. There has also been a study that stated that only 8.3% of those who OD’d had a legal prescription for the opiate that showed up in toxicology […]
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Jail officer loses job, charged with crimes over Tylenol pills http://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/oklahoma-city/jail-officer-loses-job-charged-with-crimes-over-tylenol-pills/view/ WALWORTH COUNTY, Wis. – For the past 12 years, Cheyne Count has been a jail officer for Walworth County. However, that long-term job suddenly ended because of four Tylenol tablets. “I don’t have any more of this story. It was over Tylenol,” Count told WISN. […]
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In the Shopping Cart of a Food Stamp Household: Lots of Soda www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/well/eat/food-stamp-snap-soda.html When some else pays “the bills” they believe that they can dictate on what items the “money” can be spent on. If anyone is paying attention..this is the same thing that a lot of pts with chronic health issues are running up […]
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I’m a doctor who wants to treat addiction, but the rules won’t let me www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/im-a-doctor-who-wants-to-treat-addiction-but-the-rules-wont-let-me/2017/01/13/faaa6ee4-d2b0-11e6-9cb0-54ab630851e8_story.html Mr. B undid his arm bandages and revealed two large, gaping wounds where he injected his heroin. He lay back in his hospital bed, looked up at the ceiling and said with a quivering voice, “I can’t inject into my […]
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Physician Aid in Dying Gains Acceptance in the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2017/01/16/health/physician-aid-in-dying.html?ribbon-ad-idx=3&rref=health&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=Health&action=swipe®ion=FixedRight&pgtype=article Judith Katherine Dunning had been waiting anxiously for California to adopt legislation that would make it legal for her to end her life. The cancer in her brain was progressing despite several rounds of treatment. At 68, she spent most of her day asleep and […]
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