DEA Knowingly Let Admitted Addicts, Dealers Prescribe Drugs

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

www.dailycaller.com/2018/05/07/dea-addicts-dealers-prescribe-drugs-purdue/ Admitted drug addicts and dealers were among the hundreds of thousands of people and businesses the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) licensed to manufacture, distribute or prescribe pharmaceuticals over the past 12 years, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation has found. The agency stripped only 240 licenses for wrong-doing over the same period. The DEA’s […]

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Physicians Experience Highest Suicide Rate of Any Profession

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/896257 NEW YORK — With one completed suicide every day, US physicians have the highest suicide rate of any profession. In addition, the number of physician suicides is more than twice that of the general population, new research shows. A systematic literature review of physician suicide shows that the suicide rate among physicians is 28 […]

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A Montana Woman’s Suicide Prompts the Question: Are We Doing Enough?

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

www.nationalpainreport.com/a-montana-womans-suicide-prompts-the-question-are-we-doing-enough-8836213.html A woman who had been physically active for all of her life, who had been a law enforcement officer and who also suffered from intractable chronic pain killed herself recently. Her name was Jennifer Adams and she lived in Helena, Montana. She had a career in law enforcement, working as a deputy sheriff, and […]

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Preliminary Injunction vs Veterans Affairs

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

www.medium.com/@robertdrosejr/preliminary-injunction-vs-veterans-affairs-75fa0eac9e3f Request for Court Injunction Against ‘Opioid Safety Initiative’ [This is the actual paperwork filed by plaintiff, Robert D. Rose Jr., in Greeneville Federal Courthouse, 220 W Depot St # 200, Greeneville, TN 37743 (423) 639–3105 on May 7, 2018.]     Filed on May 7, 2018 Comes now plaintiff, Robert D. Rose Jr., and hereby […]

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Deaths in Michigan from suicide, drugs and alcohol set to soar

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

http://michiganradio.org/post/deaths-michigan-suicide-drugs-and-alcohol-set-soar A new report says Michigan’s death rate from suicide, alcohol and drug use is poised to skyrocket over the next decade. The report, Pain in the Nation, examines the effect of rising death rates related to drug use, alcohol abuse and suicide and the large need for users to seek alcohol detox center. According […]

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AG Session and his anti-pot crusade, are on the losing side of the argument.

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

“There is no fuzzy math here. It is very straightforward and Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his anti-pot crusade, are on the losing side of the argument.” Kennedy criticized Attorney General Jeff Sessions for his stance on legalized pot as studies show that marijuana could help improve the opioid crisis

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Walmart to restrict opioid dispensing at its pharmacies

Posted on May 7, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-walmart-opioids/walmart-to-restrict-opioid-dispensing-at-its-pharmacies-idUSKBN1I81YH Walmart Inc said on Monday it would restrict initial acute opioid prescriptions to no more than a seven-day supply as the retailer aims to curb an opioid epidemic that has plagued the United States.  The Walmart logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New […]

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