An Opioid Study So Bad That It Disproves Itself?

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

An Opioid Study So Bad That It Disproves Itself? https://www.acsh.org/news/2019/01/23/opioid-study-so-bad-it-disproves-itself-13753 Here’s a first. A study that might actually disprove itself. I’ve never seen anything like it. A paper in JAMA Open Network tries to hop on the anti-opioid bandwagon but fails so badly that I had to stare at the screen in disbelief for a while. […]

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The DEA seems to think the Constitution doesn’t apply to its investigations

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

The DEA Thinks You Have “No Constitutionally Protected Privacy Interest” in Your Confidential Prescription Records https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/privacy-and-surveillance/dea-thinks-you-have-no-constitutionally-protected The Drug Enforcement Administration thinks people have “no constitutionally protected privacy interest” in their confidential prescription records, according to a brief filed last month in federal court. That disconcerting statement comes in response to an ACLU lawsuit challenging the […]

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Posted on January 24, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

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Open letter to Mike Hunter Oklahoma’s attorney general

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

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shareholder wants to force companies to manage opioid risks — more “pseudo doctors ” ? Stockholders’ and Company’s profit more important ?

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

An ‘instransigent’ Walgreens faces a shareholder proposal over managing opioid risks www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2019/01/24/walgreen-opioids-shareholder-proposal/ As the opioid crisis intensifies, Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) is facing pressure from a group of stockholder activists to prepare a regular report on how it manages the risk of distributing these addictive prescription painkillers. And a pair of influential shareholder advisory firms […]

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