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Measure to let VA docs help vets get medical marijuana withdrawn after agency objects https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/22/marijuana-measure-widening-access-for-veterans-wit/ Medical marijuana legislation widening access for military veterans was shelved Friday in the face of federal opposition. Rep. Earl Blumenauer, Oregon Democrat, withdrew an amendment from an annual spending bill that would have allowed Department of Veterans Affairs doctors to […]

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Lack of Care Forces Man to Leave America www.patientsrising.org/lack-of-care/ Michael is a 65-year old veteran, educated and successful, yet lack of care by his doctors forced him to move to Thailand for care. 1976. Army. On duty in Fulda Gap. Jeep flipped over on my back. I was a tough kid, so I put up […]

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Arizona doctor, patient explain why access to opioids is necessary www.ktar.com/story/2621947/arizona-doctor-patient-explain-why-access-to-opioids-is-necessary/ PHOENIX — A pain management specialist and a patient suffering from chronic pain say that access to opioids is necessary to people who need them to manage their conditions. As Arizona and other states work to place more rules on opioid prescriptions, some patients […]

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CVS just laid out a big reason why health companies are worried about Amazon https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/20/new-cvs-lawsuit-to-block-exec-from-working-for-amazon-reveals-concern.html Health-care companies have said they are not threatened by Amazon. But in a recent lawsuit, CVS argues that Amazon could pose a threat by negotiating directly with insurers, bypassing its lucrative pharmacy benefits manager, or PBM, business. Kyle Walsh | […]

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Cannabis legalization is gaining traction across the U.S. There are five important things to note about this shift in law. www.legalreader.com/top-5-things-to-know-about-the-legality-of-cannabis-by-u-s-jurisdiction/ The cultivation, transportation, sale, use, and possession of marijuana is illegal under federal law in the U.S. However, the federal government has articulated that if a state passes a law to decriminalize marijuana for […]

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‘One-pot’ meth labs are declining but Mexican cartels have made the drug cheaper and deadlier https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2019/06/20/meth-drug-addiction-labs-cartels-mexican-dea-overdose/1382006001/ In the past five to seven years, domestic meth labs have decreased in the U.S. as Mexican drug cartels brought cheaper and purer drugs in. Kara Berg, Lansing State Journal LANSING — When Battle Creek police and parole officers […]

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PainMD clinics, accused of fraud, abandoned patients’ medical records in locked storage units https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/health/2019/06/19/painmd-rinova-clinics-abandoned-medical-records-storage-units-tennessee-virginia/1490829001/ PainMD has been accused of defrauding taxpayers out of millions with needless injections. Clinics closed earlier this year, stranding ex-patients with no medical records. PainMD now says its lost access to medical records stuck in locked storage units. The mystery of […]

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National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) Pushes for Naloxone, National PDMP https://www.drugtopics.com/latest/nacds-pushes-naloxone-national-pdmp NACDS’s four new policy recommendations for opioid abuse prevention include increasing access to naloxone and working towards a national prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP). The organization’s new opioid recommendations include state-level legislative and regulatory revisions that would foster the goal of a national PDMP […]

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The Addiction Front: DOJ sends letter to physicians, groups working together http://fox47.com/news/the-addiction-front/the-addiction-front-doj-sends-letter-to-physicians-groups-working-together Just like a lot of other media articles – THERE IS NO PLACE FOR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY

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