We cannot litigate our way out of the opioid crisis

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

http://kentuckytoday.com/stories/we-cannot-litigate-our-way-out-of-the-opioid-crisis,10890 More than twenty years after Purdue Pharma launched its first advertising campaign to tout a new miracle drug known as OxyContin, state governments have scrambled to find a political solution to end the opioid crisis in our country. After more than 20 years, the question we must ask ourselves is whether we really want […]

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Marketer of fake brain-boosting herbal pills barred from selling in Iowa

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2017/12/25/marketer-fake-brain-boosting-herbal-pills-barred-selling-iowa/980784001/ The marketer of an herbal remedy that falsely claimed to reduce memory loss has been ordered to stop targeting Iowans, authorities said.  JGG Enterprises Inc. and its owner, Joseph Gregory Grelock, have been barred from marketing  Intellux and other dietary supplements in Iowa that claimed to provide health benefits without scientific evidence state Attorney General Thomas Miller said. The company, which […]

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The feds should end their losing war on weed

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

http://thehill.com/opinion/international/366516-the-feds-should-end-their-losing-war-on-weed The renewed battle over marijuana prohibition in the United States is a fight the federal government appears set to lose, much as it could not sustain the 13-year prohibition against alcohol.  Cannabis has been legitimized for medical or recreational use in almost 30 states and the District of Columbia. The primary opponents to legalization […]

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