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Come out swinging
Posted on February 22, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
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Georgia: the state becomes everyone taking controlled substances their prescriber ?
Posted on February 22, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Thank you to all that responded. I appreciate the advice . The pharmacy we use is not a mom and pop but a large independent one. The letter that was given by the pharmacist to my friend mentioned not only the DEA but also pharmacy wholesalers not supplying to pharmacies with patients receiving opioids above […]
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Kentucky Sheriff Accused of Raiding Drug Drop Box for His Own Personal Use Is Re-elected
Posted on February 22, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Sheriff was BURIED LAST WEEK https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/2019/02/19/graves-county-sheriff-dewayne-redmon-honored-at-funeral/ https://www.newsweek.com/kentucky-sheriff-accused-raiding-drug-drop-box-his-own-personal-use-re-1205504 A Kentucky sheriff accused of stealing drugs from a drop box for his own personal use won re-election by a landslide despite the charges pending against him and a public letter from his deputies stating that he has an addiction. Dewayne Redmon is once again Graves County sheriff […]
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The “new normal” … pain management post surgery ?
Posted on February 22, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Just picked up my mom from the hospital. She had her appendix out, gallbladder out and a large cancerous mass in her colon removed. AND GUESS WHAT?! They sent her home with no pain medication. She is to take Tylenol if she has pain! I’m so angry!!! Right now she still has iv pain meds […]
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Texas: Rumor on the street
Posted on February 22, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
I was told – by someone I trust – that in Texas … the TX Medical Licensing Board is taking a “hard line” on pharmacists changing a pt’s prescription (LOWERING daily dose/quantity) without contacting the prescriber. One of the basics of the practice of medicine is the starting, changing, stopping a pt’s therapy. Apparently when […]
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These states have been hit the hardest by the opioid epidemic
Posted on February 22, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
These states have been hit the hardest by the opioid epidemic https://www.ksat.com/health/these-states-have-been-hit-the-hardest-by-the-opioid-epidemic While there’s early evidence that the explosive rate of opioid deaths has started to slow, opioids killed more than 49,000 people in the United States in 2017, according to preliminary data. A new study reveals which part of the country has been affected […]
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Facebook Tells Law Enforcement to Quit Using Phony Accounts
Posted on February 22, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Facebook Tells Law Enforcement to Quit Using Phony Accounts https://www.criminallegalnews.org/news/2019/feb/14/facebook-tells-law-enforcement-quit-using-phony-accounts/ Facebook recently told law enforcement to stop using fake accounts as a ruse to bust people on its service. The social media giant also shut down several law enforcement accounts that violated its policy against phony accounts. The fake accounts came to light in a […]
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Supreme Court Limits Drug War’s Civil Asset Forfeiture
Posted on February 22, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Supreme Court Limits Drug War’s Civil Asset Forfeiture www.filtermag.org/2019/02/22/drug-war-civil-asset-forfeiture-supreme-court/ On February 20, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously to limit a key drug war policy that allows state and local law enforcement agencies to seize items or property that they deem connected to crime. The Court has previously limited the ability of federal law enforcement to […]
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El Chapo going to prison for life: The Sinaloa cartel remains a strong drug-smuggling and violence threat on both sides of the Southwest Border
Posted on February 22, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
After El Chapo: Sinaloa, other Mexican drug cartels still strong, and now diversifying https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/22/joaquin-el-chapo-guzman-loera-sinaloa-jalisco-nueva-generacion-cartel/2885199002/ NEW YORK – So long, El Chapo. El Mayo is still around. And El Mencho is on the rise. El Chapo – the internationally notorious drug trafficker born Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera – faces life in prison for running a continuing criminal enterprise. Federal prosecutors say the Sinaloa drug cartel leader smuggled tons of […]
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