Congress Demands Justice Department Return Millions “Seized Unfairly” From Taxpayers- beginning of the end for civil asset forfeiture ?

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibilla/2018/07/20/congress-demands-justice-department-return-millions-seized-unfairly-from-taxpayers/#2fa782421043 In the latest salvo against civil forfeiture, 21 Republican Members of Congress sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday that demanded the Justice Department “immediately return” up to $22 million that was “seized unfairly by the government.” Using civil forfeiture, the Internal Revenue Service raided bank accounts from hundreds of owners […]

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” 100 yr dash” for a chain pharmacy technician ?

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

How do i get faster? I’m told I’m too slow. 80 seconds to grab medication. Count it. And label the bottle and place in the rack is too slow. 150 seconds to greet the customer. Get their medication. Take care of any issues and bag their stuff is too slow. I need to cut that […]

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Drug Firms Blame Opioid Crisis on Illicit Websites, Dealers -filing lawsuits

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Drug Firms Blame Opioid Crisis on Illicit Websites, Dealers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-19/drug-companies-seek-to-blame-opioid-crisis-on-illegal-dealers Two pharmaceutical companies say the real culprits in the opioids epidemic are illegal dealers of the painkillers and want them to be on the hook financially for any damages potentially assessed against drugmakers. Endo International Plc and Mallinckrodt Plc sued a host of convicted drug […]

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KARMA – can be a BITCH !

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

I did this post a few days ago My Pharmacist Humiliated Me When He Refused to Fill My Hormone Prescription and ACLU cares about this denial Below are a few posts from a Face Book page…. apparently from some techs that worked with this particular pharmacist and the issue was from back in April  but […]

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In the trenches: Behind the counter with 3 pharmacists

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

I normally don’t put IMO at the front of posts but … I wanted to increase the probability of this one being read… this article compares three very different Rx dept and how they function…  Both of the chain pharmacists mention substance abuse in one form or another and technician staffing issues and or justification […]

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