Seattle WA: if you can’t ban the sale of a product… you just tax the crap out of it ?

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Costco Exposes Seattle’s Sugary Drink Tax With the Perfect Sign www.digitalpoliticsdaily.com/2018/01/07/costco-exposes-seattles-sugary-drink-tax-perfect-sign/ On January 1, Seattle’s new ‘Sugary Drink Tax’ went into effect. Why? Seattle leftists want to dictate behavior and stop people from drinking soda because it can be unhealthy. So by taxing the soda, they are hoping to deter people from drinking it. But […]

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How to Be Your Own Medical Advocate

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/chopra/article/How-to-Be-Your-Own-Medical-Advocate-12480937.php When the average person goes to the doctor, shows up at the ER, or enters the hospital, the possibility of controlling what happens next is minimal. We put ourselves in the hands of the medical machine, which in reality rests upon individual people—doctors, nurses, physician’s assistants, and so on. Human behavior involves lapses and […]

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So you think that a national single payer would be a good thing patterned after the VA system ?

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

A Tacoma veteran died waiting for heart surgery from the VA. His family has sued http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article193314309.html A Tacoma veteran who needed a new heart valve died after a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center waited too long to do his surgery, his widow’s lawsuit says. George Walker was 75 when he died at home July […]

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How Opioids And Heroin Affect The Brain

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

www.drphil.com/videos/how-opioids-and-heroin-affect-the-brain/ It is estimated that 2 million Americans 12 or older are addicted to prescription pain relievers. According to the CDC, deaths from prescription pain killers have more than quadrupled since 1999, with 91 Americans dying every day from an opioid overdose. “People sometimes think that an addiction is psychological. But we’re not talking about […]

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Scope of practice of a GP/FP

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

A couple of days ago I posted this blog  #Walgreens: pharmacist told me he can no longer fill it (opiate) because I do not have cancer “Hello Steve do you know who I contact to complain about filling my prescription? For the last 2 years I have been filling my prescription at Walgreens and the […]

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When Cops Play Doctor: How the drug war punishes pain patients

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

The steady stream of celebrity stories about prescription drug abuse makes Americans keenly aware of the dangers of overdosing on medications like OxyContin and Vicodin. And from President Obama’s Drug Czar to California Attorney General Jerry Brown, politicians are calling for greater power to monitor doctor-patient relationships in order to fight the “epidemic” of prescription […]

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