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Indiana family sues DCS after they allegedly tried to take daughter for CBD treatment www.fox59.com/2018/02/09/indiana-family-sues-dcs-after-they-allegedly-tried-to-take-daughter-for-cbd-treatment/ EVANSVILLE, Ind. – A southern Indiana family has filed a lawsuit against two Department of Child Services (DCS) workers who allegedly tried to take their daughter away following cannabidiol (CBD) oil treatment for her seizures. The story started last year, when […]

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http://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/article199404419.html SEATTLE The Washington House passed measures Friday that require drug manufacturers and doctors to do more to fight opioid abuse, part of an effort to save the lives of hundreds of state residents who die as result of overdose every year. House Bill 1047 was passed by an 86-12 vote, while House Bill 2489 […]

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  http://13wham.com/news/local/local-kratom-users-disagree-with-new-fda-warnings   ROCHESTER — The FDA released findings on Tuesday that suggest an herbal supplement promoted as an alternative pain remedy contains the same chemicals found in opioids. Kratom is drawn from a plant and has become increasingly popular for recovering opioid addicts looking to ween themselves off of painkillers. Rob Brockler, owner of […]

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https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/07/584059938/trump-says-he-will-focus-on-opioid-law-enforcement-not-treatment More than three months after President Trump declared the nation’s opioid crisis a public health emergency, activists and health care providers say they’re still waiting for some other action. The Trump administration quietly renewed the declaration recently. But it has given no signs it’s developing a comprehensive strategy to address an epidemic that claims […]

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https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/10/12/opioid-epidemic-6-charts-designed-deceive-you-11935 I do not know Dr. Andrew Kolodny,  personally, and, aside from one brief phone call last year, I have had no contact with him. Therefore I cannot know his motivation for becoming a driving force behind “opioid reform”— a concept which would border on hysterically funny if not for the tragedy that it is […]

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A huge step backward on opioids https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/24/opinions/opioid-health-prison-opinion-collins/index.html How to fix the opioid crisis 04:51 Michael Collins is the deputy director of Drug Policy Alliance‘s Office of National Affairs, an organization that advocates to end the war on drugs. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. (CNN)The latest statistics on the overdose crisis — […]

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2018/02/09/fda-weaponizes-opioid-label-against-kratom-consumers/#778d17ac4536 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a statement on Tuesday afternoon from Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, declaring that kratom, a southeast Asian herbal medicine, contains naturally occurring plant alkaloid chemicals that are predicted by unpublished computer models to be opioids. The agency has also collected 44 fatal adverse reaction reports where kratom components […]

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