Neglect at Tennessee nursing home led to patients’ harm — including death, inspectors find

http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2017/11/29/neglect-tennessee-nursing-home-led-patients-harm-including-death-inspectors-find/905613001/ A Memphis nursing home has been hit with record fines after inspectors found widespread neglect resulting in actual harm to multiple patients including one who died after transfer to a hospital showed widespread wounds with maggots that apparently had gone untreated. The fines totaling $50,000 were imposed on the 211-bed Ashton Place Health and […]

why listen to experts as to what will work or NOT WORK ?

The Health 202: Jeff Sessions wants to put more cops on the opioid beat. Experts say that won’t solve the problem. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-health-202/2017/11/30/the-health-202-jeff-sessions-wants-to-put-more-cops-on-the-opioid-beat-experts-say-that-won-t-solve-the-problem/5a1ef05130fb0469e883f90b/ If the opioid epidemic was simply a problem of supply – people being able to access drugs too easily – than a targeted new effort in Appalachia announced by Attorney General Jeff Sessions yesterday would be […]

Sessions and Acting DEA Admin. Begin Drug War Actions Not Allowed in Constitution

 https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/27491-sessions-and-acting-dea-admin-begin-drug-war-actions-not-found-in-constitution A news release issued by the Department of Justice on November 29 stated that Attorney General Jeff Sessions (shown) had announced “new resources and stepped up efforts to address the drug and opioid crisis.” However, our attorney general is apparently unaware of (or chooses to ignore) the fact that the 10th Amendment plainly states […]