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Expert: America’s heroin epidemic starts in Mexico http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/expert-america-s-heroin-epidemic-starts-in-mexico/article_0469d994-7d12-50df-9dd3-3dd8c6d6060b.html America faces its worst drug crisis in decades, with heroin and opioid use tripling since 2010. As various federal agencies roll out their annual strategy reports, the government declared that-as was the case in previous drug frenzies-all of the heroin used in the U.S. comes from abroad. […]

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Drug overdose fatality rate higher than suicides, cars, guns https://www.axios.com/fatal-drug-overdoses-more-than-doubled-since-1999-2282883694.html A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study shows the rate of fatal drug overdoses has more than doubled since 1999. Those between 55 and 64 years of age were the hardest hit. Rates increased for both males and females and increased across all […]

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Memo to Congress: DEA Dumped the “Gateway-Theory” Due to Science http://www.thedailychronic.net/2017/69978/memo-to-congress-dea-dumped-the-gateway-theory-due-to-science/ WASHINGTON, DC — Americans for Safe Access, a national nonprofit dedicated to ensuring safe and legal access to medical cannabis for therapeutic use and research, has sent a memo to Congress informing members that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has removed false information about […]

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The DEA slowed enforcement while the opioid epidemic grew out of control http://s.nola.com/qFSpo0E A decade ago, the Drug Enforcement Administration launched an aggressive campaign to curb a rising opioid epidemic that was claiming thousands of American lives each year. The DEA began to target wholesale companies that distributed hundreds of millions of highly addictive pills […]

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Comment on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Market Stabilization http://cqrcengage.com/uspainfoundation/app/onestep-write-a-letter?0&engagementId=306575 Proposed Rule Does not Consider Impacts on Pain Patients People living with pain, including you or your loved ones, are constantly learning of new policies, proposals and guidelines relating to the nation’s healthcare system. Unfortunately, such reform or recommendations are made too quickly and […]

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Now Is The Time For Medicinal Cannabis http://www.chattanoogan.com/2017/3/6/343278/Now-Is-The-Time-For-Medicinal-Cannabis.aspx Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner John Dreyzehner has stated that expanding medical marijuana does more harm than good to any additional legalization. In our opinion, the swamp of deceit foisted on Tennesseans could not get any deeper.  “Currently, the weight of evidence is that when marijuana is […]

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Communications breakdown between DEA, ATF allowed gun trafficker, drug dealer to walk free http://www.guns.com/2017/03/06/communications-breakdown-between-dea-atf-allowed-gun-trafficker-drug-dealer-to-walk-free/ A federal investigation reveals a communications breakdown between the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives allowed a known drug dealer and suspected gun trafficker to walk free. Seven months later, firearms recovered from a crime […]

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PBS Documentary Brings Chronic Pain Out of Shadows www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2017/3/6/pbs-documentary-brings-chronic-pain-out-of-the-shadows By Pat Anson, Editor Many chronic pain sufferers are frustrated with how they are depicted in the media – often as lazy, whining, drug seeking addicts. A new documentary called “The Painful Truth” is trying to change that narrative. It began airing on local PBS stations […]

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Drug Enforcement Administration said Monday that New York City and the nearby suburbs are facing a heroin epidemic. As CBS2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported, law enforcement is seeing record overdoses and a sharp rise in street heroin mixed with chemicals so powerful that even a miniscule amount can be […]

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Pharmacist fired from Boardman acute care hospital http://www.wfmj.com/story/34677726/boardman-pharmacist-license-to-practice-suspended BOARDMAN, Ohio – A company that operates acute care hospitals around the country says it has fired a pharmacist whose license has been suspended by The Ohio Board of Pharmacy.   The pharmacy board says Ernest Perrin admitted he personally diluted intravenous medication for the drugs Cubicin […]

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