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http://www.thv11.com/article/news/health/opioids/saving-a-generation/us-surgeon-general-visits-arkansas-to-encourage-everyone-to-carry-narcan/91-537659703 There’s not one solution to tackling the opioid addiction crisis. U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams was in Little Rock to talk about what he’s doing to fight it. “We have a person dying every 12.5 minutes from an opioid overdose,” said Dr. Adams. Before we fight the crisis, Dr. Adams wants us to […]

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Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., introduced a bill last year in the Senate to restore DEA powers to fight suspicious drug wholesalers. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/major-push-to-combat-opioid-abuse-doesnt-include-bill-to-restore-dea-powers Congress is expected to make a major push in the next few months to approve dozens of bipartisan bills to combat the opioid epidemic. But missing from this effort is a bill to […]

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http://www.14news.com/story/37924577/study-indiana-under-counting-overdose-death INDIANA (WFIE) – More and more people say they’re aware of the opioid crisis and think it’s a serious problem. A new survey by the Associated Press found 13% of Americans say they’ve had a loved one die from an overdose. However, that number might be even bigger than that.  The entire state of […]

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Just wanted to make sure you saw this: The Greyhound bus company is allowing Border Patrol agents to board its buses and search passengers without a warrant. It’s a gross violation of passengers’ constitutional rights – and we need your help to stop it. Add your name so we can show Greyhound we’re standing up […]

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Medical marijuana could ease Wyoming opioid crisis www.wydispensaries.com/medical-marijuana-could-ease-wyoming-opioid-crisis/ The biggest controversy over medical marijuana in Wyoming should be why legislators haven’t already legalized it. Here’s the reason: many of our lawmakers don’t understand the issue. They remain blinded by the rhetoric of long ago when marijuana was thought of as a “gateway drug” as harmful […]

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https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/generalprofessionalissues/72206 Can a film help shift the conversation on reducing deadly errors in medicine? The documentary To Err Is Human, which is currently in previews and opens to wide release in the fall, attempts to answer that question, highlighting the obstacles, consequences, and attempts to address the myriad factors on both the institutional and individual […]

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https://www.painmedicinenews.com/Web-Only/Article/04-18/Medicare-Announces-New-Guidelines-on-High-Dose-Opioids/48469 New limits for high-dose opioid prescriptions will be enacted next year for Medicare Part D users, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced on April 2. Prescriptions will be held to a standard of 90 morphine equivalent milligrams (MME) per day, which follows the CDC prescribing guidelines for primary care physicians released […]

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www.hightimes.com/news/senators-take-jeff-sessions-marijuana-research-restrictions/ Bipartisan senators take on Jeff Sessions over marijuana research restrictions, calling for the Justice Department to stop blocking the DEA from approving new suppliers. On Thursday, Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) sent a letter to the DOJ demanding action on the more than two dozen applications the DEA has yet to […]

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www.medcitynews.com/2018/04/cvs-pharmacists/   CVS Health has revealed a tool called that enables its retail pharmacists to compare prescription prices at the counter. Through the CVS Pharmacy Rx Savings Finder, pharmacists can review a patient’s prescription history and insurance information. They will be able to search for lower-cost choices like generic medications or therapeutic alternatives. Pharmacists can […]

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http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20180413/NEWS/180419954 A recently unsealed False Claims Act lawsuit against CVS Health claims the company, through its pharmacy benefits manager unit, illegally billed Medicare for higher prices than it was actually paying pharmacies. Sarah Behnke, a senior actuary with Aetna, filed the lawsuit in 2014 alleging that CVS Caremark was getting better prices on drugs with […]

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