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With most entities … growth is a “yardstick” by which success is measured.. Before the Controlled Substance Act 1970 (CSA) was signed into law we had the Bureau of Narcotics with a TWO MILLION annual budget… When the CSA was implemented and the Bureau of Narcotics was disbanded… and the BNDD ( Bureau of Narcotics […]
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DEA Seeks Prosecutors To Fight Opioid Crisis; Critics Fear Return To War On Drugs An advocacy group says a move at the Drug Enforcement Administration to hire prosecutors is another signal of how the Justice Department is changing under Attorney General Jeff Sessions http://www.npr.org/2017/05/04/526784152/dea-seeks-prosecutors-to-fight-opioid-crisis-critics-fear-return-to-war-on-drugs The Drug Enforcement Administration has proposed hiring its own prosecutor corps […]
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Tewksbury resident joined team visit to DEA: Bringing the message of the addiction crisis to DC http://homenewshere.com/tewksbury_town_crier/news/article_77006d70-3677-11e7-a4bc-4796e2e82296.html TEWKSBURY — A group of 20 Massachusetts parents who have lost loved ones to the disease of addiction joined forces with the Wahlberg brothers’ documentary team to bring a message to Washington DC. The group visited the US […]
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In defence of Fentanyl: Patient speaks out against new prescribing guidelines http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dawn-rae-downton-opioid-fentanyl-arthritis-pain-prescription-guidelines-1.4110897 Chronic pain patient Dawn Rae Downton, 60, is considering drastic choices if she’s cut off the highly powerful painkiller Fentanyl — which she has taken for 12 years — thanks to new guidelines for doctors prescribing opioid painkillers. “What I would probably have to do […]
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