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DEA Seeks Prosecutors To Fight Opioid Crisis; Critics Fear Return To War On Drugs An advocacy group says a move at the Drug Enforcement Administration to hire prosecutors is another signal of how the Justice Department is changing under Attorney General Jeff Sessions http://www.npr.org/2017/05/04/526784152/dea-seeks-prosecutors-to-fight-opioid-crisis-critics-fear-return-to-war-on-drugs The Drug Enforcement Administration has proposed hiring its own prosecutor corps […]

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Tewksbury resident joined team visit to DEA: Bringing the message of the addiction crisis to DC http://homenewshere.com/tewksbury_town_crier/news/article_77006d70-3677-11e7-a4bc-4796e2e82296.html TEWKSBURY — A group of 20 Massachusetts parents who have lost loved ones to the disease of addiction joined forces with the Wahl­berg brothers’ documentary team to bring a message to Washington DC. The group visited the US […]

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In defence of Fentanyl: Patient speaks out against new prescribing guidelines http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dawn-rae-downton-opioid-fentanyl-arthritis-pain-prescription-guidelines-1.4110897 Chronic pain patient Dawn Rae Downton, 60, is considering drastic choices if she’s cut off the highly powerful painkiller Fentanyl — which she has taken for 12 years — thanks to new guidelines for doctors prescribing opioid painkillers. “What I would probably have to do […]

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Service Dog Denied Entry to Virgin Airlines Lounge http://www.foxnews.com/travel/2017/05/12/disabled-woman-claims-virgin-airlines-denied-her-service-dog-entry-into-lounge.html Micaela Bensko and her service dog, Blue Belle, have a bone to pick with Virgin America. Bensko, who is wheelchair-bound and suffers from arachnoiditis and complex regional pain syndrome as a result of an accident in 2011, is alleging that Blue Belle was denied entry into […]

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FDA hypocrisy on marijuana and prescription drugs is worse than we thought www.personalliberty.com/fda-hypocrisy-marijuana-prescription-drugs-worse-thought/ One-third of FDA-approved drugs were later found to have safety risks, according to a recent analysis of drugs cleared by the agency between 2001 and 2010. According to the study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, “Among 222 novel […]

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 After Kidney Transplant, Prilosec Lawsuit Plaintiff Hopes Litigation Leads to Better Warnings  http://www.rxinjuryhelp.com/news/2017/05/12/after-kidney-transplant-prilosec-lawsuit-plaintiff-hopes-litigation-leads-to-better-warnings/#sthash.HiYPwSPm.dpuf A Northern California woman who required a kidney transplant following years of Prilosec treatment claims that she was never properly warned about its possible renal side effects. Now she’s hoping that the litigation surrounding it and other proton pump inhibitors will push […]

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Wisconsin Medicaid panel decides to keep Suboxone on its preferred list watchdog.org/293259/wisconsin-medicaid-panel-decides-keep-suboxone-preferred-list/ WISCONSIN – Suboxone, a medication that aids in the recovery of opiate addiction, will remain a preferred Medicaid-covered drug in Wisconsin despite complaints from state jail officials that it’s too easy to smuggle into prisons because of its film form. A state Medicaid pharmacy committee decided this […]

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5 Reasons Why Jeff Sessions’ Drug War Reboot Will Fail https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/5-reasons-jeff-sessions-drug-war-reboot-will-fail On the day he issued a two-page bid to revive the federal government’s failing war on drugs franchise, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions stepped up to a lectern in West Virginia to address a conference on America’s opioid crisis.   Sessions sees a nation keening […]

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Jeff Sessions issues tougher criminal charging policy http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/the-fox-news-specialists/index.html http://video.foxnews.com/v/5432283125001/?playlist_id=5411796059001#sp=show-clips   At about 5 minutes into the piece Chris Stirewalt asks “what is the biggest drug problem in the USA ?” Chris Stirewalt   Opiates… if course…. with two attorneys on this panel and well indoctrinated person from the media… what do you expect ?  The […]

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Lawsuit: Execution drug will cause unconstitutional pain FILE – In this undated file photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections, J.W. Ledford Jr., poses for a photo. Lawyers for Ledford, a Georgia death row inmate argue the state’s lethal injection drug will cause him unconstitutional suffering and that execution by firing squad is the […]

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