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http://www.foxnews.com/health/2018/03/06/er-visits-for-suspected-opioid-overdoses-shot-up-last-year-by-30-midwest-increased-70.html Emergency visits for suspected opioid overdoses shot up 30 percent from the third quarter of 2016 to third quarter 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  During a briefing of the latest Vital Signs report, CDC’s Acting Director Dr. Anne Schuchat said overall the most dramatic increases were in the Midwest, […]

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I was 2 weeks away from my PM appointment and have been so stressed reading all these negative articles and wanted some type of piece of mind to know that if my  medications were pulled because of all the fake news on pain meds and no concern for chronic pain people I decided to give […]

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https://youtu.be/-lLMiKCsCqU   https://cannabis.net/blog/news/28-members-of-congress-sue-the-dea-to-reschedule-cbd In yet another greedy, baseless move, the Drug Enforcement Agency ruled that cannabidiol (CBD) is considered a Schedule 1 substance, alongside heroin, reports MJBizDaily. However, 28 members of Congress are requesting a federal appeals court to scrap this decision. On Thursday, the Congress members filed a brief which is now awaiting action […]

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https://gizmodo.com/doctors-are-protesting-medicare-change-that-would-let-p-1823544391 In response to the opioid epidemic that is killing tens of thousands of Americans a year, the U.S. government is poised to further restrict the amount of opioids Medicare patients can have access to at any one time, via a policy that would tell pharmacies to reject certain prescriptions on the spot. But a […]

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http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/i-team-opioid-addiction-versus-dependency/987514320 LAS VEGAS – Millions of chronic pain patients, already living in agony because of disease or injuries, now live in fear that their medicine will be taken away because they’ve been stigmatized as drug addicts. News stories about opioid overdoses are pretty common, but few of those who overdose are pain patients. Ninety percent of […]

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Part 2: Kevin Shipp, CIA Officer, Exposes Shadow Government

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Group criticizes Baker’s “Penny-a-pill” bill http://www.willmarradio.com/news/group-criticizes-baker-s-penny-a-pill-bill/article_c8c5dd30-2144-11e8-ac25-6f72b64634e2.html (St. Paul MN-) Twila Brase, President of Citizens’ Council For Health Freedom, has criticized Representative Dave Baker’s “penny a pill” bill to fight opioid addiction. Brase says “A Minnesota bill to tax opioids proposes taxation without representation. A government bureaucracy would determine the level of taxation, not the legislature. […]

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Butler County set record for OD deaths in ’17, with 4 out of 5 caused by fentanyl and its cousins https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2018/03/06/fentanyl-blamed-butler-county-od-deaths-rise-21-perdentified-culprit-butler-county-overdose-deaths-2/398464002/ The hugely potent synthetic opiate fentanyl and its cousins caused a 21 percent jump in fatal overdoses in Butler County for 2017. More than 80 percent of last year’s 232 overdose deaths in Butler […]

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https://wvrecord.com/stories/511356818-class-action-lawsuit-filed-against-purdue-pharma-for-babies-born-addicted-to-opioids CHARLESTON – A class action lawsuit has been filed against Purdue Pharma for babies who were born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, a condition suffered by babies of mothers addicted to opioids. Purdue Pharma L.P.; Purdue Pharma Inc.; the Purdue Frederick Company Inc.; McKesson Corporation; Cardinal Health Inc.; AmerisourceBergen Corporation; Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.; Teva […]

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