Sessions: ‘We don’t need to be legalizing marijuana’

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Two years after the DEA admitted marijuana is less dangerous than heroin, Jeff Sessions would like to reconsider Less than two years after the Drug Enforcement Administration officially admitted that “heroin is clearly more dangerous than marijuana,” new Attorney General Jeff Sessions revisited that comparison in remarks today before law enforcement officials in Richmond: I […]

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14 million will lose healthcare coverage

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

It is amazing that everyone in the media and many in Congress has their “shorts in a wad”.. all based on a CBO projection whose estimates have been way off the mark previously, especially when they under estimated the cost of ACA(Obamacare) by ONE TRILLION DOLLARS. Of course, even with the implementation of the ACA […]

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over 70 percent of pain patients say they are no longer prescribed opioid medication or are getting a lower dose

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Survey Finds CDC Opioid Guidelines Harming Patients www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2017/3/13/survey-finds-cdc-opioid-guidelines-harming-patients The CDC’s opioid prescribing guidelines have harmed pain patients, reduced access to pain care, and failed to reduce drug abuse and overdoses, according to a large new survey of patients, doctors and healthcare providers. The survey also found signs of a dramatic shift away from opioid prescribing […]

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