Drug cartels will be “dancing in the street” over cuts in legal opiate production levels

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

DEA Proposes Reducing Opioid Manufacturing for 2018 http://www.pharmacytimes.com/news/dea-proposes-reducing-opioid-manufacturing-for-2018 Officials with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have proposed to cut the amount of controlled substances to be manufactured in 2018 by 20%, compared to 2017, according to a press release. Under the proposed notice being published in the Federal Register, the DEA is taking steps […]

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Pfizer Agrees to Support CDC Opioid Guideline

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Pfizer Agrees to Support CDC Opioid Guideline https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2017/8/4/pfizer-agrees-to-support-cdc-opioid-guideline August 04, 2017 By Pat Anson, Editor Since its release in March 2016, the CDC’s opioid prescribing guideline has had a chilling effect on chronic pain patients, as doctors, regulators, states and insurance companies have adopted the CDC’s recommendations as policies or even laws. As a result, […]

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They started drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana at a young age…it wasn’t enough

Posted on August 4, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Essentia Health Hosts Panel on Opioid Crisis Business leaders gather to discuss ways drug epidemic can be solved www.kvrr.com/2017/08/03/essentia-health-hosts-panel-on-opioid-crisis/   FARGO, ND — It’s a drug killing more than 90 Americans every day: opiates. One mother understands that after sending her two sons to jail. “I was trying to save their lives,” Mary Locken said. […]

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