Opioid & Heroin Town Hall

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

www.kxl.com/event/opioid-heroin-townhall/ Opioid & Heroin Town Hall March  22 Wednesday 7:00 pm (PDT) Skype Live Studio 1210 SW 6th Ave Portland, OR Come to the Skype Live Studio for an FM News 101 town hall discussion on the Opioid & Heroin Epidemic. Hear from experts from the medical field, police, and government. The Opioid & Heroin […]

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One Good Thing with Ken McKim: S1E10 – Sickle Cell Hope

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

One Good Thing with Ken McKim: S1E10 – Sickle Cell Hope

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As Doctors See Benefits of Medical Marijuana Treatments for Seniors, Calls for Changes in Policy

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

As Doctors See Benefits of Medical Marijuana Treatments for Seniors, Calls for Changes in Policy Sat, Mar 11 Doctors across the country are calling for a re-think of current government policies, in terms of allowing medical research on medical cannabis, as elderly patients see dramatic results to treat pain.

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DEA Shamefully Admits Legal Marijuana is Doing What the Drug War Couldn’t in Decades

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

DEA Shamefully Admits Legal Marijuana is Doing What the Drug War Couldn’t in Decades www.anonhq.com/dea-shamefully-admits-legal-marijuana-drug-war-couldnt-decades-video/ By United States federal law, marijuana is illegal irrespective of the reason for its use. The government agency responsible for the regulation of drugs in the country, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), has refused to delist marijuana from Schedule 1 […]

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Why Nobody Has A Right To Health Care

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Why Nobody Has A Right To Health Care www.thefederalist.com/2017/03/10/nobody-right-health-care/ Just because our rights are secured by government, it does not follow that they must be provided by government. Buried beneath the Obamacare replacement debates is the philosophical question of whether health care is a “right.” Article 25 of the United Nations’ Declaration of Rights, for […]

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restrictions on opioid prescribing might even increase opioid poisonings

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Do Opioid Restrictions Reduce Opioid Poisonings? https://www.cato.org/blog/do-opioid-restrictions-reduce-opioid-poisonings In a recent working paper, economists Thomas Buchmueller and Colleen Cary find that one particular kind of restriction does reduce opioid misuse among Medicare beneficiaries: The misuse of prescription opioids has become a serious epidemic in the US. In response, states have implemented Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs), […]

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Law enforcement strongly opposes MMJ legalization… FOLLOW THE MONEY ??

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

  Legalizing pot for SC medical use could bring ‘unintended consequences http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article137373338.html A state Senate panel spent much of Wednesday listening to the testimony of medical experts, who expressed support and concerns for a proposal to legalize medical marijuana in South Carolina. It was the second of several hearings expected to take place in the […]

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No Opiates… no assisted suicide… here is some untested experimental drugs ?

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Assembly Speaker pours cold water on assisted suicide bill MADISON (WKOW) — A Dane County state lawmaker wants to give terminally ill people the right to end their lives with dignity, but the top Republican in the State Assembly said he has “serious questions” about it. For the second the second straight legislative session, Rep. […]

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require pharmacists to refuse prescriptions over 90 MME unless the patient first went through a complex, time-consuming review.

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Docs warn that Medicare crackdown will hurt pain patients http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/docs-warn-that-medicare-crackdown-will-hurt-pain-patients-235917 A group of prominent pain and addiction specialists are pushing back against the federal opioid crackdown by asking CMS to withdraw a notice that would make it extremely difficult for Medicare patients to get painkiller prescriptions above a certain strength. More than 80 physicians, including […]

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Another new law from a bureaucrat with a “addict in the family” that OD’d

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

North Carolina Drug Control Bill Seeks to Add More Restrictions on Doctors, Pharmacists www.claimsjournal.com/news/southeast/2017/03/08/277262.htm North Carolina lawmakers can save patients’ lives, spare their families and combat an ongoing opioid-abuse crisis by putting tighter controls on physicians and pharmacists who hand out powerful pain-killing medicines, supporters of a drug control bill said Thursday. The plan announced […]

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