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DEA Tweet Unintentionally Reveals Cannabis Legalization Argument ireadculture.com/dea-tweet-unintentionally-reveals-cannabis-legalization-argument/ The DEA has caused a roller coaster of news in the cannabis industry over the past year. The agency always seems to be butting heads with cannabis in some way or another and the truth behind the DEA’s intentions isn’t always widely publicized. Now, newest information on the DEA […]

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Medicare Takes Big Brother Approach to Opioid Abuse www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2017/1/12/medicare-takes-big-brother-approach-to-opioid-abuse By Pat Anson, Editor A new strategy being developed by Medicare to combat the abuse of opioid pain medication will encourage pharmacists to report physicians who may be prescribing opioids inappropriately. Patients that a pharmacist believes are abusing opioids could also be referred for investigation. The […]

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How to Appeal a Health Insurance Denial http://guides.wsj.com/health/health-costs/how-to-appeal-a-health-insurance-denial/ Battling a health insurer when it refuses to cover certain treatments can be aggravating and time-consuming. But if you choose to appeal a coverage denial, there are several strategies that can bolster your case. Some health-coverage problems — such as when your doctor enters a wrong code […]

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VA cover-up is morally indefensible http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/3/americas-veterans-affairs-cover-morally-indefensib/ The U.S. government is guilty of a cover-up reminiscent of the tobacco industry’s longstanding denial of a nexus between smoking and disease. The government conceals from its soldiers the risk of suicide or self-destructive behavior connected with fighting in our nine ongoing presidential wars not in self-defense that entail […]

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Gov. Walker calls special session on opioid bills: “This isn’t somebody else’s problem” fox6now.com/2017/01/05/governor-scott-walker-calls-special-legislative-session-on-opioid-bills/ MADISON— Governor Scott Walker is calling a special legislative session to pass a package of bills designed to curb heroin and opioid abuse. Walker has a long list of plans, but one idea — drug testing high school athletes — isn’t […]

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Memory pill maker sued on grounds no proof it works http://www.reuters.com/article/us-quincybioscience-ftc-memorypills-idUSKBN14T1Y6 Quincy Bioscience LLC, which makes the memory supplement Prevagen, was hit with a lawsuit on Monday filed by the Federal Trade Commission and New York attorney general’s office, which alleged that there is no proof the supplement works. The medicine, which costs $24 to […]

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Searching for Alternatives to Opioids -Way Too Late http://acsh.org/news/2017/01/10/searching-alternatives-opioids-way-too-late-10676 Anyone who reads a newspaper these days has been exposed to the ongoing hysteria concerning a so-called (and largely fictitious) “epidemic” of deaths due to prescription opioid drugs.  Nine months after the issuance of a highly restrictive CDC guideline, we are learning that the CDC writers […]

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Marine Vet Suffering From Chronic Pain Writes Congress nationalpainreport.com/marine-vet-suffering-from-chronic-pain-writes-congress-8832641.html By Ed Coghlan With the coming of a new President, comes a familiar promise – to do more for the country’s military veterans with an eye toward reforming the VA Medical System. No disrespect to President-elect Trump, but there doesn’t seem to be much in his plan […]

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“Hooked Rx: From Prescription to Addiction” https://cronkite.asu.edu/news-and-events/events/featured-event/%E2%80%9Chooked-rx-prescription-addiction%E2%80%9D   Tuesday, January 10, 2017 – 6:30pm The Cronkite School is hosting a public screening of “Hooked Rx: From Prescription to Addiction,” an investigative report produced by Cronkite students on alarming rise in prescription opioid abuse, on Tuesday, Jan. 10, in the First Amendment Forum at 6:30 p.m. […]

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