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New Jersey’s new opioid law raises concerns among doctors http://www.foxnews.com/health/2017/05/09/new-jerseys-new-opioid-law-raises-concerns-among-doctors.amp.html One week before New Jersey implements one of the nation’s toughest regulations of prescription opioids, doctors are raising concerns it could go too far. The law limits initial opioid prescriptions for acute pain to a five-day supply, though it allows doctors to renew it for […]
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Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield sues over drug plans http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2017/oct/12/blue-cross-sues-over-drug-plans-2017101/ Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield has filed a lawsuit over a decision by federal officials to bar the insurer from enrolling new customers in its Medicare prescription drug plans this year. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services notified the Little Rock-based […]
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Man subjected to illegal search sues police, parole agent http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/man-subjected-to-illegal-search-sues-police-parole-agent-1.2254405 A Scranton man who beat drug charges after it was discovered a police officer provided the anonymous tip that led to his arrest filed a federal lawsuit seeking damages for false arrest and malicious prosecution. Albert McCullough of Alder Street alleges Scranton police Officer Lawrence […]
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http://www.11alive.com/news/investigations/triangle/one-nation-overdosed/482827615 The number of Americans abusing pain pills has skyrocketed. To understand how so many people are getting hooked, we investigated how the pills are finding their way into homes in the first place. 47.7 million Americans have used illicit drugs or misused RX drugs, according to the Centers for Disease Control. So how did […]
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More than 25 million people dying in agony without morphine every year https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/12/more-than-25-million-people-dying-in-agony-without-morphine-every-year Concern over illicit use and addiction is putting morphine out of reach for millions of patients globally who need it for pain relief More than 25 million people, including 2.5 million children, die in agony every year around the world, for want […]
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http://mycbs4.com/news/local/video-shows-doctor-yelling-at-florida-patient-over-long-wait-times GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WGFL) — A Gainesville doctor seen yelling at a patient on a now-viral video responded with his own accusations Wednesday, saying the woman threatened his staff and refused to leave prior to the moment that was published on Facebook. Jessica Stipe posted the one-minute video on her Facebook page after she said the […]
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