PHARMACIST STEVE

I would seem that nearly all the prescribers in this north west city… stopped prescribing … so this doc… picked up these pts… he told me that he had moved 50 or so over to MMJ because it is legal in this state. But .. once again.. a friend neighborhood Pharmacist – this time one […]

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http://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/crime/2014/10/20/feds-police-raid-muncie-pain-clinic/17637229/ From Article: Allegations that a northern Indiana physician over-prescribed dangerous drugs to patients led to a raid of a northside Muncie pain clinic late Monday afternoon. Officers served a search warrant for records relating to the possible over-prescribing of medications as well as “possible forgery and fraud,” according to the Indiana attorney general’s office. […]

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Doctors get order to limit painkiller prescriptions http://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/readers/local/2013/11/18/doctors-get-order-to-limit-painkiller-prescriptions-/3628435/ From the article: This year, the Indiana legislature passed a law (in compliance with a federal mandate for states) requiring the Indiana Medical Licensing Board to develop an emergency opioid prescribing rule. Its enforcement begins Dec. 15. The law is in response to the out-of-control opioid abuse […]

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Kurtis Hanna Petitions Minnesota Board of Pharmacy Over Contradictory Cannabis Laws http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2014/10/last_time_we_checked_cannabis.php From the article: The board has twice rejected Hanna’s assertion that cannabis ought to be removed from the Schedule I designation in Minnesota, claiming a change would put Minnesota at odds with the feds. Then the board turned around and successfully lobbied the […]

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And we don’t really know how many of those 16K are actually suicides.. we don’t know how many are from Heroin because Heroin is metabolized into Morphine in the body.. If 16 K is a EPIDEMIC… what is the 450 K from tobacco products ? a NON ISSUE ?

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DEA serves search warrant at medical office in Muncie amid allegations of over prescribing http://fox59.com/2014/10/20/dea-serving-search-warrant-at-medical-office-in-muncie/ The DEA’s state search warrant is being served at the medical office of Dr. William Hedrick. The Centers for Pain Relief clinic is located at 3301 W. Fox Ridge Lane, about a half mile from the Ball State University campus. Dr. Hendrick […]

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Drug Maker Warns That OxyContin Suit Could Be ‘Crippling’ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-20/purdue-says-kentucky-suit-over-oxycontin-could-be-painful.html#disqus_thread From the article: No one rises as Circuit Judge Steven Combs enters his courtroom in Pikeville, Kentucky. Combs wears a white shirt and yellow tie, no robe. Lawyers approach the bench as their cases are called, shake the judge’s hand and exchange small talk before getting to […]

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Heroin deaths keep rising in Kentucky http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2014/08/02/heroin-deaths-keep-rising-kentucky/13504281/ If I remember correctly, KY was the first state to have a prescription monitoring program (PMP) called KASPER  and I believe the cost of developing this was funded by Purdue Pharma. This was in the early- mid 90’s.. Initially, the database could only be accessed by law enforcement.. […]

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Government to Ordained Ministers: Celebrate Same-Sex Wedding or Go to Jail http://dailysignal.com/2014/10/18/government-ordained-ministers-celebrate-sex-wedding-go-jail/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social The Idaho case involves Donald and Evelyn Knapp, both ordained ministers, who run Hitching Post Wedding Chapel. Officials from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, told the couple that because the city has a non-discrimination statute that includes sexual orientation and gender identity, and because the […]

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There are other videos on this site that you may wish to watch concerning this same subject http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ending-life-barbara-mancini-end-of-life-debate/

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