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Suicidal thoughts in US adults nearly doubled in June, CDC says https://www.foxnews.com/health/suicidal-thoughts-u-s-adults-nearly-doubled The study found that there was also an increase in symptoms of depression and anxiety Nearly 11% of United States adults reported seriously contemplating suicide in June. That is nearly double the percentage who did so last summer, the Centers for Disease Control […]

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Tampa Bay doctor says CVS Pharmacy refused to fill prescription for COVID-19 patient https://www.wfla.com/community/health/coronavirus/tampa-bay-doctor-says-cvs-pharmacy-refused-to-fill-prescription-for-covid-19-patient/ ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) – A Tampa Bay area doctor is confused and upset after a pharmacy refused to dispense medication for a patient with COVID-19. This is the first time the doctor says he’s ever been questioned about a prescription. […]

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The Defund the Police Movement is Coming for the DEA https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/dyzkvq/the-defund-the-police-movement-is-coming-for-the-drug-enforcement-administration Critics say the Drug Enforcement Administration has fueled mass incarceration and is a “100 percent failure” at curbing drug trafficking. Sociology professor Alex S. Vitale is unambiguous in his assessment of the Drug Enforcement Administration and its stated mission of reducing drug trafficking in the […]

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Kamala Harris’s Anti-Catholic Bigotry https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/kamala-harriss-anti-catholic-bigotry/ Someone might want to remind Joe Biden, who’s just picked progressive California senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, that his vice-president-to-be believes Catholics are unfit to serve in our nation’s courts. (Biden, of course, as I considered at length on the homepage today, has spent his entire political career […]

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Chicago BLM Organizer Defends Looting: ‘That Is Reparations’ https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/11/chicago-blm-organizer-defends-looting-reparations/ Black Lives Matter activists in Chicago held a rally Monday evening to stand in solidarity with the dozens of individuals who were arrested after a night of mass looting and criminal activity, with one organizer brazenly defending looting as a form of reparations. Activists gathered at […]

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Want to see what insurance fraud looks like? One of my hospice patients just passed away this morning and I asked if there was anything we could do to help. I mentioned taking back any meds because we are a drug take back facility registered with the DEA. Keeping meds around the house when someone […]

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White House, VA launch REACH — a call to action to engage the nation in preventing suicide July 7, 2020, 09:30:00 AM https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5484 WASHINGTON – The White House and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today launched the REACH national public health campaign aimed at empowering all Americans to play a critical role in preventing suicide.  […]

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Seeking Justice for Pain Patients: Class Action Lawsuits Filed Against CVS, Walgreens and Costco for Refusal to Fill Opioid Prescriptions for Chronic Pain Patients https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/seeking-justice-for-pain-patients-class-action-lawsuits-filed-against-cvs-walgreens-and-costco-for-refusal-to-fill-opioid-prescriptions-for-chronic-pain-patients-301108583.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. and SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — National class action lawsuits have been filed against the largest pharmacy chains in the country for discrimination in refusing to fill legitimate […]

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