The Link Between Drug Policy and Access to Medicines

Posted on September 23, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

The Link Between Drug Policy and Access to Medicines https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/explainers/link-between-drug-policy-and-access-medicines How does drug control policy undermine access to medicines? Virtually all governments have laws and regulations that control the public’s access to substances judged to be potentially harmful. Some of these controlled substances may have medical or scientific uses, yet they are inaccessible to people […]

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Using the UN Human Rights System to Advocate for Access to Palliative Care and Pain Relief

Posted on September 23, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Using the UN Human Rights System to Advocate for Access to Palliative Care and Pain Relief https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/ukraine-investigates-health-care-abuses-torture In late 2014, Kseniya Shapoval received a phone call from a young woman named Oksana in Western Ukraine. Oksana’s grandfather, suffering from terminal cancer, was discharged from the hospital three days before his death without pain medication. He […]

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OHIO: Pharma opiate OD’s lowest in 8 yrs… Total opiate OD deaths – EIGHT YEAR HIGH !

Posted on September 23, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Fatal drug overdoses in Ohio increase to record number A review of the data shows fentanyl continued to fuel the drug epidemic https://www.wkbn.com/news/ohio/fatal-drug-overdoses-in-ohio-increase-to-record-number/1468760131 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Information reported to the state shows fatal drug overdoses increased to a record 4,854 last year in Ohio, a 20 percent rise compared with the previous year. The […]

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