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 State gets federal grant to help combat overdose deaths http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/health_and_science/state-gets-federal-grant-to-help-combat-overdose-deaths/article_d2179dc8-8bf8-5395-ba9d-d42d0dd9ec2e.html Just six weeks after New Mexico announced that the overdose death rate had unexpectedly climbed, the state received a federal grant to target opioid overdoses with big data, better monitoring and more education. The New Mexico Department of Health said it received an $850,000-a-year grant […]

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Patients Impacted by Dispensing Errors: Callous Response From Pharmacists When patients report dispensing errors to ISMP, they are usually more upset about the response they received when contacting the pharmacist or pharmacy manager than the actual error itself. All too often, consumers tell ISMP that pharmacy staff have responded in a callous manner when confronted […]

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“Terrified’ Helena physician closes clinic temporarily http://www.kxlh.com/story/29963964/terrified-helena-physician-closes-clinic-temporarily?config=H264 HELENA – Helena doctor Mark Ibsen, battling a state investigation of his prescribing practices for more than two years, is closing his Helena clinic, Urgent Care Plus, for at least a week because of what he calls a witch hunt against doctors who treat pain with narcotics.  A […]

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Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com http://video.foxnews.com/v/4464740740001/acting-dea-chief-speaks-out-about-the-heroin-epidemic/?#sp=show-clips According to the head of the DEA… “drug abuse” AKA “black market created by Congress” is a threat to national security.  It has been too many years since my 3 hrs of Logic class in college… but.. I will substitute common sense… So Congress created the black market […]

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When you stand back from all the SHOUTING… you basically have three groups in the war on drugs… those who need controlled meds for necessary medical condition, those who have a mental health medical condition (Addictive personality) that are attempting to self-medicate the demons in their head and/or monkeys on their back and the DEAth. […]

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Life-extending cancer drugs to be axed by NHS http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/sep/03/life-extending-cancer-drugs-to-be-axed-by-nhs NHS England de-lists costly Kadcyla drug, among 16 others, in wake of ‘overspent’ Cancer Drugs Fund New and costly cancer drugs developed to extend the lives of patients are expected to be axed on Friday from an NHS list. Among the drugs NHS England is expected […]

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Texas: Med Board lets DEA sneak peeks at patient records http://watchdog.org/236858/dea-medical-board/ The Drug Enforcement Administration has been sifting through hundreds of supposedly private medical files, looking for Texas doctors and patients to prosecute without the use of warrants. Instead, the agents are tricking doctors and nurses into thinking they’re with the Texas Medical Board. When […]

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40,000 people will commit suicide very year in the USA, including 22 veteran every day. ONE MILLION people ATTEMPT suicide every year.  

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For every ton of cocaine the DEA seized en route to the US, up to 100 more made it through undetected US retailers lose about 1.5% to shoplifting… the drug cartels lose abt 1% to the DEA’s enforcement actions… and we are winning the war after 45 yrs ?  

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