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Federal lawsuit filed against AG Jeff Sessions seeks to have Controlled Substances Act declared unconstitutional http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/jets/ex-jets-lineman-files-federal-lawsuit-ag-jeff-sessions-article-1.3359320 If the Founding Fathers of this country were cool with cultivating and using pot, then the current attorney general, Jeff Sessions, and the Department of Justice need to get on board and recognize that a decades-old federal policy is […]

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I’m a Doctor With Chronic Illness. Here Are 12 Things I Wish People Knew. www.themighty.com/2017/02/doctor-with-chronic-illness-things-to-know/ I’ve written this article to help educate those who want to learn about chronic illness. It is written from my perspective, that of a doctor who treated patients with chronic illness for many years, and who spent five years of […]

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Charlie Gard parents drop legal fight, agree to let him die http://www.startribune.com/parents-prepare-to-return-to-court-in-charlie-gard-case/436245193/ The parents of critically ill baby Charlie Gard, mother Connie Yates, left, and father Chris Gard arrive at the High Court in London, Monday, July 24, 2017. The parents of the 11-month old, Charlie Gard who has a rare genetic condition and brain […]

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Lawyer who targeted tobacco companies encourages state suits against drug makers for opioid crisis http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyer_who_targeted_tobacco_companies_encourages_state_suits_against_drug_m Four states and more than a dozen cities and counties have filed lawsuits contending drug makers misrepresented the risks and benefits of opioid use, spurring an addiction crisis. Some of the lawyers working on the suits were previously involved in […]

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the acting head of the Drug Enforcement Agency Charles Rosenberg have both been named in a new federal lawsuit challenging marijuana’s Schedule I status as unconstitutional. The 89-page lawsuit was filed Monday in the Southern District of New York by attorney Michael Hiller on behalf of a former NFL player, […]

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Cops: High school administrator ‘desperate for relief’ arrested for prescription fraud http://weartv.com/news/local/cops-high-school-administrator-desperate-for-relief GULF BREEZE, Fla. (WEAR) —  A Gulf Breeze High School administrator is facing multiple charges, including prescription fraud and passing a forged prescription. According to the Santa Rosa County Jail log, 43-year-old Sean Patrick Tomey was released on bond Thursday, July 20. The […]

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CDC guidelines to reduce opioid overdose may cause malpractice http://www.salazarandsullivan.com/blog/2015/10/cdc-guidelines-to-reduce-opioid-overdose-may-cause-malpractice.shtml By Patrick Sullivan of The Law Offices of Salazar, Sullivan & Jasionowski posted in Doctor Errors on Thursday, October 1, 2015. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has drafted proposed guidelines for prescribing opioids to prevent addiction and overdoses. However, this could have a […]

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Third Xarelto Lawsuit Set for Trial, After Defendants Denied Summary Judgment on Failure-to-Warn, Design Defect Claims www.rxinjuryhelp.com/news/2017/07/24/third-xarelto-lawsuit-set-for-trial-after-defendants-denied-summary-judgment-on-failure-to-warn-design-defect-claims/ A Xarelto lawsuit filed on behalf of a Mississippi woman will head to trial next month, after the federal judge overseeing a massive litigation involving the blood thinner denied a defense bid for Summary Judgment on the plaintiffs’ […]

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Pharmacies warned to observe opioid regulations https://www.abqjournal.com/1037063/pharmacies-ripe-for-liability.html Between May and November 2009, the teenager filled numerous prescriptions for Oxycodone and Oxycontin at a New Mexico pharmacy. The prescriptions were all valid, signed by a licensed physician. If the teenager had been taking the opioids as directed, each prescription would have been sufficient for a certain […]

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