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Federal Bill Aims to Decriminalize CBD and Reschedule Cannabis http://ireadculture.com/federal-bill-aims-decriminalize-cbd-reschedule-cannabis/ A bill was introduced to the House of Representatives on January 27 that could change the future of medical cannabis in the United States. H.R. 715, also known as the Compassionate Access Act, aims to decriminalize cannabidiol (CBD) by excluding it from the definition of […]

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West Virginia distributing 8,000 overdose antidote kits http://www.foxnews.com/health/2017/02/07/west-virginia-distributing-8000-overdose-antidote-kits.html MORGANTOWN, W.Va. –  West Virginia health officials are responding to opioid overdoses by distributing more than 8,000 kits with an antidote — Naloxone — that can get people breathing again if administered in time. Money for the kits comes from a $1 million federal grant to West Virginia, which […]

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Pill mill crackdown has consequences for legitimate pain sufferers http://www.abc-7.com/story/34438377/pill-mill-crackdown-has-consequences-for-legitimate-pain-sufferers PORT CHARLOTTE – At first glance, it’s difficult to know exactly what Amanda Jakubowski is dealing with. The 36-year-old Port Charlotte woman moves slowly and deliberately, her small and frail frame accentuated by brightly colored short hair and dark glasses. Without understanding her illness, you […]

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Kratom and oxycodone http://www.clinicaladvisor.com/your-comments/kratom-and-oxycodone/article/636257/ I think that kratom is much safer than some of the FDA- and US Drug Enforcement Administration–approved medications, such as oxycodone. I treat patients for opioid addiction, and I have a few who have stopped using opioids and are now on a stable, individualized dose that the patient decides. I know […]

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Injections for back pain: An expensive placebo? https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/unlearn-your-pain/201410/injections-back-pain-expensive-placebo A large study on the effectiveness of injections for spinal stenosis was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in July of this year.  It was designed by top doctors in the field of pain management and funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.  […]

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Fentanyl-related deaths skyrocket in Baltimore http://www.wbaltv.com/article/fentanyl-related-deaths-skyrocket-in-baltimore/8681319 BALTIMORE —Over the past two years, fentanyl-related deaths have skyrocketed and officials said the product itself coming by a method we all use almost every day.  “I died. I woke up in an ambulance. They were bringing me back to life,” said Douglas Frier Jr. “I hear the birds […]

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