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Why your local independent pharmacy is going out of business
Posted on July 11, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Amazing what getting paid $725/hr will get some people to say ?
Posted on July 10, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
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FBI: it can’t arrest its way out of the city’s gang problem
Posted on July 10, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
FBI says 25 gangs operate in Louisville, and it needs community’s help to stop them https://www.wdrb.com/news/fbi-says-gangs-operate-in-louisville-and-it-needs-community/article_e40dd104-a34f-11e9-8679-c3c9e201f267.html LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — There’s been an increase of violence this summer in Louisville, so much so that the FBI has begun investigating cases in the area. The bureau said it needs the community’s help to stop the violence, […]
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“ECO STRAW” kills chronic pain pt
Posted on July 10, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Jockey killed by ‘eco-friendly’ metal straw that impaled brain through her eye A JOCKEY died after an eco-friendly metal drinking straw went through her eye and impaled her brain. https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/790646/metal-straw-death-elena-struthers-gardner-mason-jar-impaled-brain-poole-dorset TRAGIC: Elena Struthers-Gardner (R) was discovered by her wife Mandy (Pic: FACEBOOK) Elena Struthers-Gardner, 60, suffered fatal brain injuries in the accident at her home […]
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Tobacco, now opiates, are they getting ready to take aim at the alcohol industry
Posted on July 10, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Oklahoma – like thousands of other municipal plaintiffs — is relying upon an unprecedented use of public nuisance law, J&J says, under which any company that sells a product that can cause injury or death is theoretically liable for money damages regardless of who actually sold or used the product. J&J calls Oklahoma’s opioid case […]
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Oregon: rewriting “tapering guidelines”… but.. still target goal is the tapering of opiates to ZERO ?
Posted on July 10, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Oregon Opioid Taper Back in The News www.nationalpainreport.com/oregon-opioid-tapering-back-in-the-news-8840412.html Posted on July 10, 2019 by Ed Coghlan While momentum for the forced tapering proposal for Oregon Medicaid patients promoted by the Oregon Health Evidence Review Commission has stalled for now, thanks to pressure from local pain patients and national pain experts, the state’s Opioid Taper Guidelines […]
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DEA: all laws, morals or ethics are just SUGGESTIONS – don’t worry WE ENFORCE THE LAWS (on everyone else)
Posted on July 9, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Watchdog: DEA supervisor had ‘improper personal relationship’ with confidential source https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/452181-watchdog-dea-supervisor-had-improper-personal-relationship-with A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) group supervisor had an “improper personal relationship” with a confidential source and approved payments to the source without justification, according to a report from the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General. The Department of Justice (DOJ) watchdog started the investigation […]
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Appeals court rules Trump violated First Amendment by blocking Twitter users.. will this apply to Kolodny ?
Posted on July 9, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Appeals court rules Trump violated First Amendment by blocking Twitter users https://www.foxnews.com/politics/appeals-court-rules-trump-violated-first-amendment-by-blocking-twitter-users AOC to face lawsuit over blocking Twitter users, following appeals court ruling on Trump A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that President Trump is not allowed to block people on Twitter over statements he does not […]
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Is the DEA lobbying Congress for bills that will cut FDA out of the drug scheduling process ?
Posted on July 9, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Trump administration drug officials clash over how to combat fentanyl copycats https://wkzo.com/news/articles/2019/jul/09/trump-administration-drug-officials-clash-over-how-to-combat-fentanyl-copycats/916053/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Trump administration officials are divided over part of a proposal to crack down on illicit versions of fentanyl, the deadly synthetic painkiller that U.S. President Donald Trump targeted in declaring a national opioid abuse emergency. In an inter-agency dispute that […]
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Walmart Layoffs Impact Senior Staff
Posted on July 9, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Walmart Layoffs Impact Senior Staff https://www.drugtopics.com/walmart/walmart-layoffs-impact-senior-staff Walmart has laid off about 3% of its pharmacy staff in a nationwide action. Nearly half of the laid off personnel were senior staff. “The Walmart actions have been extremely evasive as well as punitive and I sympathize with the horrible experiences that these pharmacists and technicians have because […]
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