Investigation: Drug court rehabs survive on forced labor

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Investigation: Drug court rehabs survive on forced labor http://www.wsoctv.com/news/north-carolina/investigation-drug-court-rehabs-survive-on-forced-labor/619493225 Judges across the country are ordering defendants into recovery centers that are little more than work camps for private industry, an investigation by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting has found. The programs promise freedom from addiction. Instead, they’ve turned thousands of men and women […]

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California Supreme Court Gives California Medical Board Approval To Invade Doctor / Patient Privacy Laws

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

California Supreme Court Gives California Medical Board Approval To Invade Doctor / Patient Privacy Lawswww.doctorsof www.courage.org/supreme-court-gives-california-medical-board-approval-to-invade-doctor-patient-privacy-laws/ Medical Board Fishing Expenditures Also Allowed This is a case where doctor Alvin Lewis, an internist working out of Burbank California, filed a lawsuit against the Medical Board of California alleging they invaded his privacy and went on a […]

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FDA Hints It May Look Into Marijuana Health Claims

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FDA Hints It May Look Into Marijuana Health Claims https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-03/fda-hints-it-may-look-into-medical-marijuana-health-claims The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may start cracking down on claims that marijuana has health benefits that haven’t been proven, the agency’s commissioner said Tuesday.  “I see people who are developing products who are making claims that marijuana has antitumor effects in the setting of […]

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‘Doc Vader’ Rants on ‘PBM Villians

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Attorney suing another industry over SELLING A LEGAL PRODUCT – FOLLOW THE MONEY ?

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

The Lawyer Who Beat Big Tobacco Takes On the Opioid Industry Mike Moore made cigarette companies pay for the high cost of treating smokers. Here he comes again. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-10-05/the-lawyer-who-beat-big-tobacco-takes-on-the-opioid-industry Seven years ago, Mike Moore stepped from the 2 a.m. darkness into the light of a small home off Lakeland Drive in Jackson, Miss., to find […]

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TV producer looking into doing another article on metrics in chain pharmacies

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

  The above news piece was from a couple of years ago when this TV producer was in Texas.  In a round about way the email from below showed up in my in box.       ….now at our sister station in St. Louis, Mo. Hey, I wanted to touch base with you again […]

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