Part 2: Kevin Shipp, CIA Officer, Exposes Shadow Government
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Part 1: Kevin Shipp, CIA Officer Exposes the Shadow Government
Posted on March 6, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve
Minnesota bill to tax opioids proposes taxation without representation
Posted on March 6, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve
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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More than 80 percent of last year’s 232 overdose deaths in Butler County were linked to illegal fentanyl and its derivatives
Posted on March 6, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve
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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Class action filed against drug firms for opioid-addicted newborns
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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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Sessions to DEA: Evaluate opioid production quota
Posted on March 5, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve
Sessions to DEA: Evaluate opioid production quota http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/376335-sessions-to-dea-evaluate-opioid-production-quota Attorney General Jeff Sessions is asking the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to evaluate whether changes are needed to the amount of opioids drug makers are allowed to produce. If needed, potential alterations could be made through an interim final rule, which allows an agency to issue a […]
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Idaho: Politicians elected by the PEOPLE… doesn’t want to represent the PEOPLE ?
Posted on March 5, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve
Senate Panel Kills Bill Allowing Use of Marijuana Derivative https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/idaho/articles/2018-03-05/senate-panel-kills-bill-allowing-use-of-marijuana-derivative BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A proposal to legalize oil extracted from cannabis plants is likely dead for the year after a group of lawmakers on Monday broke out in turmoil during a last-minute attempt to advance the bill. Republican Sen. Tony Potts asked the Senate […]
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Opioid Addiction Medications Should Not Be Withheld From Patients Taking Benzodiazepines or CNS Depressants Opioid addiction medications
Posted on March 5, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve
https://nabp.pharmacy/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Kentucky-Newsletter-March-2018-1.pdf Opioid Addiction Medications Should Not Be Withheld From Patients Taking Benzodiazepines or CNS Depressants Opioid addiction medications – buprenorphine and methadone – should not be withheld from patients taking benzodiazepines or other drugs that depress the central nervous system (CNS), advises FDA. The combined use of these drugs increases the risk of serious side […]
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Sen. Manchin: re-election campaign didn’t get enough pharma money ?
Posted on March 5, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve
Joe Manchin aims to restore DEA power in opioid bill http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/joe-manchin-aims-to-restore-dea-power-in-opioid-bill/article/2650695 Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., introduced legislation to restore enforcement power to the Drug Enforcement Administration to target suspicious drug distributors. The powers were stripped in a 2016 bill after heavy influence from the pharmaceutical industry, according to a report in the Washington Post. The […]
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OHIO: Opiate Rxs down 28% in FIVE YEARS… OD up 33% in two years
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Ohio Doctors continue to prescribe fewer pain pills http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180305/ohio-doctors-contine-to-prescribe-fewer-pain-pills While overall drug overdose deaths continue to climb, Ohio doctors for the fifth straight year prescribed fewer opioid painkillers to patients. In 2017, 568 million pain pills were dispensed, down 28 percent from a high of 793 million in 2012, according to an annual report […]
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Opioid-addicted baby at center of class action lawsuit in Southern Illinois
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http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article202972584.html March 05, 2018 07:33 AM Updated 5 hours 23 minutes ago The family of a baby born addicted to opioids filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday against 20 pharmaceutical companies they accused of being negligent and responsible for the mother’s addiction to opioids and heroin. The lawsuit tells the story of a baby, […]
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