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Opioid distributors point the finger back at DEA for not stopping the epidemic With municipalities across the country, including Palmetto and Manatee County, filing or considering lawsuits against major pharmaceutical companies and distributors for damages relating to the opioid epidemic, the blame game is in full swing. Distributors are trying to separate themselves from the […]

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www.wokeamerican.net/deception-on-both-sides-the-fda-vs-pro-kratom-advocates/ The FDA launched a press release warning individuals about Mitragyna speciosa (Kratom) on November 14, 2017. Although that assertion did not affirm the federal government goes to pursue a ban on the plant, it isn’t a really hopeful message. Much just like the DEA, the FDA highlighted poisonings and fatalities related to kratom and […]

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Lawmaker Wants To Stop Government Regulation of Painkiller Prescriptions https://www.thefix.com/lawmaker-wants-stop-government-regulation-painkiller-prescriptions An Arizona rep believes prescription regulation should be decided between doctors and their patients. Scottsdale representative Jay Lawrence Photo via YouTube   A Republican representative from Arizona has proposed legislation that will prevent state or local government from limiting the amount of prescription painkillers. Scottsdale representative […]

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www.nationalpainreport.com/op-ed-the-opioid-epidemic-hasnt-happened-by-chance-8835108.html As HHS Secretary-nominee Alex Azar awaits Senate floor action, Dr. Jernigan warns on his drug industry ties and calls for consideration of alternative medicine approaches to health care, especially for the opioid epidemic. America’s addiction to pain pills was entirely predictable. The nation has long been over-medicated, blithely popping 3.2 billion medications annually, according […]

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Trump DOJ cancels rule protecting disabled employees Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rescinding policies concerning civil rights, people with disabilities and immigrants.  http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/trump-doj-cancels-rule-protecting-disabled-employees-1122799171559

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http://missoulian.com/news/local/flags-group-constructs-memorial-to-raise-awareness-of-veteran-suicides/article_c2951f78-c970-5a5a-95ba-548575ef2ab4.html In Missoula County in 2016 alone, 18 military veterans took their own lives. That’s a staggering number, an average of more than one every three weeks. It’s also by far the largest number for any county in the state, where a total of 53 veterans took their own lives that year. “It’s sad,” said […]

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http://www.painmedicinenews.com/Policy-and-Management/Article/12-17/Rehab-Expert-Pain-Patients-Denied-Needed-Opioids-in-Palliative-Care/45403#_=_ David, a 38-year-old father of four and five-year survivor of fungal meningitis, experiences the long-term effects of contaminated epidural injections that have left him with headaches, visual disturbances, tinnitus, adhesive arachnoiditis and fibromyalgia. His story exemplifies the gap between state and federal health care laws and treatment protocols for those with chronic pain requiring […]

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How fentanyl gets to the U.S. from China https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/j5vpdx/how-fentanyl-gets-to-the-us-from-china The powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl is now the deadliest drug in America, causing an estimated 19,000 fatal overdoses in 2016. The DEA says most of the illicit fentanyl comes from China, either shipped directly to U.S. consumers through the mail or mixed with heroin that is […]

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https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/jeff-sessions-leaves-the-cole-memo-intact-for-now Late Thursday, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions formally rescinded 25 guidance documents created by his predecessors at the Justice Department. The guidance memos, meant to set policy and establish enforcement priorities, dealt with a variety of issues. Most critically for the cannabis industry, the Cole memo was not among the 25 memo scuttled by […]

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http://pittsburgh.legalexaminer.com/fda-prescription-drugs/indiana-couple-wins-first-xarelto-trial-in-philadelphia/ On December 5, 2017, an Indiana couple won their Xarelto lawsuit in Philadelphia. The jury ordered that the drug manufacturers, Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson (J&J), pay $27.8 million for failing to warn about the blood-thinner’s serious side effects. Of that award, $1.8 million was designated for compensatory damages and $26 million in […]

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