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W.Va. AG leads push for DEA to better account for illicit use of opioids https://www.journal-news.net/w-va-ag-leads-push-for-dea-to-better-account/article_363661f4-24a7-5b49-b3b0-8fb3a7e25277.html HUNTINGTON — A group of attorneys general led by West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey are pushing federal regulators to better track illicit use of opioid painkillers, an effort to capitalize on sweeping reforms achieved by Morrisey’s prior lawsuit against […]

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Nearly 150K in Pa. will be forced to change medications beginning Jan. 1. Here’s why https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/12/nearly-150k-in-pa-will-be-forced-to-change-medications-beginning-jan-1-heres-why.html Nearly 150,000 Medicaid recipients in Pennsylvania will be forced to change their prescription medications in the new year, the result of new regulations the state says will cut down on healthcare costs, but that many physicians are concerned could […]

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The parking lot suicides https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2019/02/07/feature/the-parking-lot-suicides/ Alissa Harrington took an audible breath as she slid open a closet door deep in her home office. This is where she displays what’s too painful, too raw to keep out in the open. Framed photos of her younger brother, Justin Miller, a 33-year-old Marine Corps trumpet player and Iraq […]

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