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Posted on September 7, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

America has an opioid crisis. Forty-nine states have authorized a PDMP (Prescription Drug Management Program) in order to get a handle on and control the predicament and Missouri is the lone holdout state. Does the Missouri legislature not care about people who are dying as a result of opioid abuse? Should not physicians and pharmacists […]

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Kolodny: “I think it’s a good idea.. to tax opiates/chronic pain pts”

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Opioid Tax Proponents Pin Hopes on November Elections http://www.governing.com/topics/health-human-services/khn-opioid-tax-proponents-pin-hopes-on-november-elections.html After almost slapping a tax on makers of opioid pills earlier this year, Minnesota lawmakers are set to try again when they meet in January. The drug manufacturers that helped create the opioid addiction crisis should help fix it, said state Sen. Chris Eaton, whose daughter […]

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