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Next year ( Nov 2018) 34 Senators are up for re-election https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2017/11/13/senators-pressured-dea-to-cut-rx-opioid-supply A group of 16 U.S. senators played an influential role in getting the Drug Enforcement Administration to make further cuts in the supply of opioid pain medication, the latest example of how politicians have inserted themselves into the healthcare choices of Americans. As […]

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www.marijuanapolitics.com/can-jeff-sessions-wreak-rico-ruin-americas-cannabis-industry/ Attorney General Jeff Sessions remains a sworn enemy of all things marijuana. Alarmingly, a half-century old law may now give him the power to soon devastate medical marijuana and the thriving American marijuana businesses. The 1970 Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) was designed to attack organized crime, the mafia. Since then vaguely […]

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‘My only other option is to die’: N.S. woman dismayed by pain clinic closure http://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/mobile/my-only-other-option-is-to-die-n-s-woman-dismayed-by-pain-clinic-closure-1.3672496 A Nova Scotia woman says if the Dartmouth Pain Clinic closes, she will be left with two options: seek her medication illegally on the streets, or end her own life. Dawn Rae Downton has been living with chronic pain due […]

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https://www.wsbtv.com/news/2-investigates/prescription-heroin-the-alternative-approach-to-opioid-addiction/643637593 ATLANTA – As deaths continue to escalate from the opioid and heroin crisis across the country and here in Georgia, Channel 2 Action News visited an addiction clinic doing something you may say is unthinkable: giving heroin to addicts. Despite the controversy, studies and patients experiences back up the success of the approach. MONDAY […]

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 https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/2017-cdc-survey/ 2017 CDC SURVEY RESULTS Thank you for your interest in our survey on the impact of the CDC’s opioid prescribing guidelines. The online survey of 3,108 pain patients, 43 doctors and 235 other healthcare providers was conducted between February 15 and March 11, 2017 by Pain News Network and the International Pain Foundation (iPain). […]

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NY Post Spreads DEA Disinformation Regarding Kratom www.inquisitr.com/4617297/ny-post-spreads-dea-disinfo-regarding-kratom/ Philip Fairbanks The New York Post recently published an article regarding kratom that relied heavily on blatant misinformation supplied by the DEA. The article claimed 10 percent of the 23,000 respondents to the call for public comments claimed they supported the DEA ban. They relied on a […]

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Montana needs a pain patient bill of rights http://helenair.com/opinion/letters/montana-needs-a-pain-patient-bill-of-rights/article_4fd8c999-ae65-5cab-9d78-0c7f65290c95.html “But pain patients are particularly vulnerable. They die by suicide at twice the rate of the general population. In 2014, 28,000 took their lives.” (http://www.painmedicinenews.com/Policy-and-Management/Article/11-17/Opioid-Crisis-Continues-to-Pressure-Physicians-But-Patients-Bear-the-Pain/45054) This article points out the crisis — currently invisible — of suicides in pain patients. Given that Montana leads the nation […]

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Cracking Down on Opioids Hurts People With Chronic Pain https://tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/8x5m7g/opioid-crackdown-chronic-pain-patients-suicide Before he broke his back in a 1980s accident that ultimately triggered years of chronic pain, Jay Lawrence had to make a split-second decision. He was on a bridge with a car in front of him and the brakes on his truck had failed. “He […]

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CVS, Other Pharmacies Update Safety Rules to Prevent Harmful Drug Interactions www.lawfirmnewswire.com/2017/11/cvs-other-pharmacies-update-safety-rules-to-prevent-harmful-drug-interactions/ Leading national pharmacy chains have updated their safety measures to prevent dangerous drug interactions that could harm patients. The sweeping changes are the result of a Chicago Tribune investigation that found 52 percent of pharmacies in the Chicago area dispensed risky drug combinations […]

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