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Coroner says teen died from too much caffeine http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/coroner-says-teen-died-from-too-much-caffeine/ May 16, 2017, 7:17 AM|A South Carolina coroner says too much caffeine caused the death of a healthy teenager. Davis Cripe, 16, collapsed last month at his high school and died at the hospital. He had consumed a large soft drink, a latte and an energy […]

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Former IU Health doctor found not guilty of reckless homicide by over prescribing painkillers http://www.theindychannel.com/news/crime/former-iu-health-doctor-found-not-guilty-of-reckless-homicide-by-overprescribing-painkillers INDIANAPOLIS — A former IU Health doctor accused of over-prescribing opioids was found not guilty by a Marion County jury Monday. Dr. John K. Sturman was originally charged in August 2015 with three counts of reckless homicide and 16 counts […]

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The 80’s called and they want their WAR ON DRUGS BACK

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Trump’s Budget Director Hints at Mandatory Drug Rebates in Medicare   http://www.ajmc.com/focus-of-the-week/0517/trumps-budget-director-hints-at-mandatory-drug-rebates-in-medicare#sthash.wNHsfdmi.dpuf White House Budget Director Nick Mulvaney has suggested that mandatory drug rebates, like those seen in Medicaid, might be an answer to the rising cost of prescription drugs in Medicare. Mulvaney’s remarks at a Stanford healthcare conference were first reported in The Washington […]

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The myth that prescriptions caused the opioid crisis http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article145348794.html As the North Carolina legislature and the DHHS look for solutions to the opioid problem, consideration of new options is imperative. As doctors, we need to be sure we are doing no harm, as Hippocrates taught us some 3,000 years ago. “Job One” in the medical […]

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Medication Error(s) & Termination http://allnurses.com/nursing-patient-medications/medication-error-s-1102978.html Hi, I’m a pediatric nurse practitioner that recently started a new job at a school-based health center and I’m about 5 months into the job. The clinic that I “took over” from previous NPs was always missing basic things like gloves, white copy paper, and cabinets were filled to the […]

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Everyone is dependent on numerous things to assure their quality of life… All of us are DEPENDENT on food, water, sleep.  NO ONE is ADDICTED to these things… but a individual’s quality of life or life itself suffers if these are not available in adequate quantity and quality. While most babies are born “perfect”…  life’s […]

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Opioid addiction crisis spurs brutal candor in obituaries http://www.foxnews.com/health/2017/05/14/opioid-addiction-crisis-spurs-brutal-candor-in-obituaries.html# VIDEO ON LINK ABOVE Andrew Oswald kept a secret. Friends and neighbors in his hometown of Hamilton, N.J., knew Oswald as a gifted writer, a music buff and the kind of guy parents wanted their sons to hang around and their daughters to date. On Jan. […]

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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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