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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 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 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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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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I am a chronic pain patient. I have been harmed by the current governmental push restricting opioids. Diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia after becoming ill in 2001, my pain had been effectively and safely treated since 2003. I have had pain since my teen years, long before I knew what opiates were. In […]
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In a Facebook post that has since been deleted, a Republican candidate for Oklahoma governor suggested euthanizing the poor and the disabled in order to cut down on the amount of money spent on programs like food stamps. Christopher Barnett claims that he didn’t write the post, but it was on his official Facebook page […]
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Dr Kessler can make the statement that there is no appropriate clinical studies about the use of opiates for long term pain management. All such studies that I have seen have been stopped at 12 weeks out of the concern of the studies lead over possible addictions/dependency. Unfortunately, long term use of opiate treatment for […]
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I am 57 years old and live in Hemet, California. I have suffered from chronic intractable pain for over twenty-five years. The primary causes of my pain are diagnosed as early severe degenerative cervical spine disease, Chiari malformation, spondylosis and subsequent nerve damage, and spinal cord impingement by bone spurs. I have worked with two […]
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$375,000 price leads disabled mom to ration meds https://www.krdo.com/health/375000-price-leads-disabled-mom-to-ration-meds/1031640099 Bhanu Patel couldn’t believe the news. The cost of the medication that allows her to move — the one that enabled her to walk stairs again — shot up to $375,000. Fear gripped her: What would this mean for her independence? Would she become a financial […]
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Chronic Pain, Medical Research, Standards of Care, Government Policy, Guidelines and Regulations, Ethics in Medicine and Government CERGM Citizens for Ethical Reform in Government and Medicine https://cergm.carter-brothers.com/
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