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I asked Perplexity.ai about the legal definition of Genocide and the hyperlink below is what Perplexity gave me. BOTTOM LINE Seems to be that there is nothing in legal and policy language, this is not recognized as “covert genocide”; it is better described as a form of structural violence and structural vulnerability created by drug […]

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I just happened to stumble on to this streaming video – I think that it was on A&E. It is the usual sad stories about a number of popular/infamous individuals. One thing that one thing that was addressed as THREE PHASES of the FENTANYL ODs The FIRST PHASE – was 1999 -2010 – which dovetailed […]

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Medical Aid in Dying Legislation and the Limits of Prognostic Science https://www.acsh.org/news/2026/01/02/medical-aid-dying-legislation-and-limits-prognostic-science-49895 New York’s Medical Aid in Dying is often framed as compassion guided by medical expertise. But is the legislation prescribing a moral choice behind the mask of scientific certainty? Image: ACSH As a physician, I am attuned to the tension between my craft, […]

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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/drug-seeking-new-missionaries-how-modern-prescribing-became-gilman-mmvue/ Across healthcare systems worldwide, few phrases carry as much quiet authority as “drug-seeking.” It is not a diagnosis. It does not appear in ICD-10, ICD-11, or DSM-5. It has no objective criteria. Yet once applied, it transforms the clinical encounter. Symptoms are reinterpreted as suspicion. Requests become moral signals. The person seeking help is […]

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  I can’t say that I am unhappy about this “gutter scum” being corralled. That being said, I am concerned about some unexpected “collateral damage”. Anytime that a “void” that may be as large as Trump is creating, someone will try to capitalized on all that money – that could be made. Possibilities is that […]

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For your information Over the last couple of months, I had noticed a substantial increase in the number of “page hits” on my blog as well as a dramatic increase in the number of comments that WordPress was labeling as SPAM. I was seeing these posts but they were not published. I had also noticed […]

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 New research questioned old assumptions https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/painmanagement/119247 In January 2025, we reported that some adverse events associated with gabapentin (Neurontin) may have been overestimated. Since then, new risks related to gabapentin emerged and prescribing continued to rise. Here’s what we learned about gabapentin in 2025. Often championed as a safer alternative to opioids and prescribed off-label for chronic […]

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https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/drugmakers-raise-us-prices-350-medicines-despite-pressure-trump-2025-12-31/ Number of hikes rises from same time a year ago Median list price increase is 4%, in line with 2025 Includes 5 drugmakers who struck pricing deals with Trump administration NEW YORK, Dec 31 (Reuters) – Drugmakers plan to raise U.S. prices on at least 350 branded medications including vaccines against COVID, RSV and […]

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