Andrew Kolodny, With A Straight Face, Wants To Control Tranq By Scheduling It

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

What could go wrong with taking Andrew Kolodny’s advice on the fabricated opioid crisis?  Just look at the J&J trial in OK, with J&J being charged with being a public nuisance, because they were the raw opioid powder wholesaler to the rest of the pharma industry that made FDA-approved opioid medications. Reported, Kolondy was hired […]

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States are flush with opioid settlement money -but- how will they spend it ?

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

This is an interesting read, outlining how all the states spent the BILLIONS they got from the 1998 Tobacco Settle. This hyperlink in particular hyperlink https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/what-we-do/us/statereport  shows that collectively the 50 states spent < 3% of what they agreed upon on tobacco smoking cessation programs. The tobacco money was a 25 yr payout, maybe that […]

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Biden admin: called on state Medicaid programs to fund opioid treatment programs in jails and prisons.

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

Pres Biden apparently has a “soft place” in his heart – or head – for substance abusers/addicts.  Could that help explain why he stopped the building of the wall along our southern border?  Of course, per our 8th Amendment, the SCOTUS ruled years ago that the issue of “cruel and unusual punishment” only applies to […]

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