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Abstinence, fidelity programs are ineffective for HIV prevention http://www.clinicaladvisor.com/hivaids-information-center/pepfar-funding-did-not-decrease-risky-sexual-behavior/article/494764/?DCMP=EMC-CA_UPDATE&cpn=&hmSubId=Cg22JPoLNCY1&hm There is no evidence that HIV prevention programs that promote sexual abstinence and fidelity are effective at either changing sexual behavior or reducing HIV risk, according to a study published in Health Affairs. Since 2004, the U.S. government has invested $1.4 billion to fund these programs […]

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When you watch this video pay particular attention to her words at these times 2:35 – 4:00 – 4:25 – 4:50 -5:15 -6:35 Could her words apply to those in the chronic pain community ?  This post has nothing to do with the estimated 9 million in the LGBT community and/or the “pissing match” between […]

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How we reported the story Between 1999 and 2014 abt EIGHT MILLION died from the use/abuse of the drugs Alcohol & Nicotine.. 700,000 committed suicide… 700,000 die from hospital & nursing home acquired MRSA & C-Dif. abt FIVE MILLION died from medical errors.  During the same time frame 194,000 people died from Oxycodone overdose. Could […]

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5 Signs You’re Drinking Too Much Alcohol https://www.verywell.com/signs-youre-drinking-too-much-alcohol-81399 Why don’t we have a electronic tracking system of how much alcohol that people buys and places a limit on those purchases to conform to the CDC GUIDELINES ?  The use/abuse of alcohol is sufficient enough that 20% of the population is at least a BORDERLINE ALCOHOLIC […]

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The Dangerous Game of Forced Opioid Reduction http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/9/2/the-inhumane-and-dangerous-game-of-forced-opioid-reduction September 02, 2015 By Forest Tennant, MD, Guest Columnist A colleague who I highly respect just informed me of a woman with intractable angina who had multiple, inserted coronary splints and required a high daily dose of morphine. Without warning, her insurance company arbitrarily decided she did […]

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One of my readers took exception to me using this graphic on a recent post… believing that it referenced the 19th and early 20th century lynching that occurred in our country. I used this graphic in regards to situation in Buffalo NY where THOUSANDS of CPP TOSSED TO THE STREET when a pain physician was […]

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Most Physicians Lean Toward Adopting CDC Opioid Guidelines http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/861831?src=wnl_tp10n_160505_mscpedit&uac=232297BR&imp The question has to be asked… if a pt is harmed because a practitioner does not follow all CDC guidelines to the same extent as the opiate guidelines… could the practitioner be guilty of MALPRACTICE ?  For example.. a practitioner doesn’t INSIST/DEMAND that all pts have […]

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What the DEA Doesn’t Know Exists Can Definitely Kill You https://www.propublica.org/article/srsly-what-the-dea-doesnt-know-exists-can-definitely-kill-you Made in Chi—, Er, Chemically Tweaked in China Remember that time you told your rowdy niece Elsa (her parents are “Frozen” nuts) to stop banging that pot, only to have her switch to banging a pan instead? That’s kind of like what a STAT […]

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Why America Can’t Quit the Drug War After 45 years, more than $1 trillion wasted, and the creation of the world’s largest prison system, America still lacks the political will to change its failed drug policy Forty-five years later, America is still grappling with the dark origin of the Drug War, launched in 1971 by […]

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DEA agent says enforcement, education, rehabilitation keys to solving drug problems –  http://pbcommercial.com/news/local/dea-agent-says-enforcement-education-rehabilitation-keys-solving-drug-problems#sthash.1RccFrJu.dpuf cartel members took a man and used a knife to slice every part of his body but they didn’t kill him,” he said. “They they staked him to the ground and let the buzzards eat him.” The Jefferson County Drug Court celebrated […]

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