Sessions’ marijuana advisor wants to drug test everyone

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://herb.co/marijuana/news/jeff-sessions-marijuana-advisor-dupont-drug-test-everyone A top-level advisor to Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants doctors to drug test all their patients, and to force users, they suspect of addiction into rehabilitation against their will. If Robert DuPont gets his way, drug testing could become a required part of your visit to the doctor.DuPont, 81, is one of a small […]

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@Kolodny believes one more method for pts to properly discard opiates is UNNECESSARY ?

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Walmart Offers Product To Destroy Leftover Opioids, But Critics Say It’s Unnecessary https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/17/578591771/walmart-offers-product-to-destroy-leftover-opioids-but-critics-say-its-unnecessa Walmart is the latest national company joining in the fight to try to help curb America’s harrowing opioid epidemic, which now kills more people than breast cancer. On Wednesday the chain rolled out a pharmacy product it says provides a safe way […]

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Don’t just prescribe pain meds, new state guidelines tell doctors

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2018/01/17/dont-just-prescribe-pain-meds-new-state-guidelines-tell-doctors/1041573001/ Chronic pain physicians had them. So did emergency room doctors. Now outpatient physicians have clear guidelines for managing acute pain without quickly resorting to opioids. The Indiana Hospital Association, Indiana State Medical Association and the Indiana State Department of Health collaborated to produce the guidelines that aim to discourage the overuse of prescription pain […]

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Local pharmacies losing business from accidental third-party mailer – CAN’T UNRING A BELL ?

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.wbay.com/content/news/Local-pharmacies-losing-business-from-accidental-third-party-letter-470016993.html SHAWANO, Wis. (WBAY) – At least a dozen local pharmacy across Wisconsin are scrambling after a large company recently sent an accidental letter to its customers which claims they needed to switch to big-box pharmacies if they want lower prices. Express Scripts is a Fortune 100 company that handles the benefits between clients and […]

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Pharma Industry Scorns Governor’s Opioid Surtax Proposal

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

PhRMA, the powerful Washington-based advocacy group that represents pharmaceutical companies, blasted a proposal by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to levy a 2-cents-per-milligram surtax on opioid prescription medication sold in the state to help fund measures against the drug epidemic. https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/sites/newyorklawjournal/2018/01/18/pharma-industry-scorns-governors-opioid-surtax-proposal/ ALBANY—A national trade group representing the pharmaceutical industry is vehemently opposed to a proposal […]

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AG Session… wants a CHILD to suffer with epilepsy rather than be able to use MMJ ?

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Jeff Sessions’s War on Pot Goes to Court, Attorney General Will Fight 12-Year-Old With Epilepsy http://www.newsweek.com/jeff-sessions-war-pot-goes-court-attorney-general-will-fight-12-year-old-780749 A 12-year-old suing the federal government may have a whiff of adorableness. But for Alexis Bortell, who filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Jeff Sessions last fall, it’s a choice she had to make to save her life. Alexis has […]

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Civil asset forfeiture is an unconstitutional practice whereby the government takes people’s property without due process

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Bill Introduced to Stop Civil Forfeiture Funding of DEA Marijuana Eradication Program “DEA’s use of proceeds acquired through civil asset forfeiture to expand marijuana enforcement makes the already unacceptable practice even worse.” http://reason.com/blog/2018/01/18/bill-introduced-to-stop-civil-forfeiture Citing waste of taxpayer dollars, shifting public opinion, and constitutional concerns, Reps. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Justin Amash (R-Mich.) have introduced a […]

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First it was tobacco, then the Pharmas and now oil.. alcohol can’t be far behind… then what legal industry is next ?

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

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Could put thousands of otherwise innocent Americans into locked treatment units

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

New Laws Force Drug Users Into Rehab Against Their Will https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-laws-force-drug-users-into-rehab-against-their-will Involuntary commitment laws are being opened up to allow some people to be detained for overdosing or even having visible track marks—in some cases up to 90 days. Debra Hicks went to work on Sept. 19, 2011, to teach California high school students about […]

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Ravenna eyes fees for marijuana businesses

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.record-courier.com/news/20180117/ravenna-eyes-fees-for-marijuana-businesses Ravenna City Council is considering imposing a $25,000 licensing fee for any medical marijuana-related businesses that might operate in the city after learning that all taxes from such a business would go to the state. Council’s Community and Economic Development committee recently discussed the potential fee. Councilman Andrew Kluge said Lakewood implemented an identical […]

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