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Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Mexican official: Cartels send $64B in drugs into US annually http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/02/13/mexican-official-cartels-send-64b-in-drugs-into-us-annually.html President Trump’s proposed wall along the southwest border could cost Mexico more than just the price of building it: An official estimated that cartels send a stunning $64 billion worth of drugs into the U.S. every year. Mexico’s […]

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Express Scripts’ 2016 Drug Trend Report: 7 things to know http://managedhealthcareexecutive.modernmedicine.com/managed-healthcare-executive/news/express-scripts-2016-drug-trend-report-7-things-know?page=0,1 6. Pain medication spending is driven by two brand-name medications. Pain medications are the fifth costliest class of drugs. One in five people filled a prescription for a pain medication in 2016.  Despite a 95% generic fill rate for this class of drugs, spending was […]

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After Months of Public and Legal Pressure, DEA Removes Marijuana Misinformation from Website https://thejointblog.com/dea-removes-marijuana-misinformation-website/ The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has removed marijuana misinformation from their website following months of public and legal pressure. After months of public pressure, and a legal request by the nonprofit medical cannabis advocacy group Americans for Safe Access, the DEA […]

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This appeared as a comment on another closed FB page for Chronic Painers ! I called my doctor out on this and all he could respond with was that his hands were tied and that management has changed the policies, as they are following the max daily dosage but refusing to follow the guidelines on […]

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