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‘I want to offer an alternative’: Local Navy vet, pharmacist wants to fight against opioid crisis https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/health/i-want-to-offer-an-alternative-local-navy-vet-pharmacist-wants-to-fight-against-opioid-crisis/77-576949970 “It’s not just the person shooting heroin on the street, it’s what’s in your medicine cabinet and why you keep going back for that,” he said. “I want to offer an alternative that doctors can write for.” Author: […]

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-opioid-crisis-seriously-ill-risk-losing-drugs-depend-20180716-story.html Julie Anne Feinstein had overcome a lifetime of adversity when she began taking daily medication for pain 10 years ago at age 68, prescriptions that would eventually land her at the center of the nation’s opioid crisis. She had survived paralyzing childhood polio to become a skiing, mountain-climbing teenager near her home in Oregon. […]

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MSNewsNow.com – Jackson, MS http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/38346875/what-about-us-innocent-victims-of-the-opioid-crisis JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) – Mississippi leads the nation in the number of opioid prescriptions written. In 2016, there were 560 opioid deaths here and the National Institute on Drug Abuse reports more than 115 people in the United States die every day after overdosing on opioids.  It’s these […]

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Can pharmacists deny medications in Arizona? It depends https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2018/07/24/can-pharmacy-refuse-fill-prescriptions-arizona/823305002/ In recent weeks, two people were denied medications at Arizona pharmacies, bringing attention to laws that govern when and why pharmacists can refuse to fill prescriptions. Hilde Hall, a transgender woman, said last week that a pharmacist at CVS in Fountain Hills refused to fill a […]

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Patients in ‘dire need’ of opioids after a crackdown on pain clinics https://www.courier-journal.com/search/clark/ Retiree Michael Anderson says he’s dependent on the opioids that ease the searing pain in his neck and head, but his supply was abruptly cut off when investigators raided his pain clinic. “I’m in dire need,” the 67-year-old said during a recent interview at his Louisville apartment.  […]

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The pharmacist at the Royston GA rite/walgreens refused to fill my script, his name is Chris and he said he couldn’t fill because it was written from my pain Dr in brasselton. He said it would have to be from a local dr. I live in Royston GA an I think this is definitely denied […]

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Feds order Georgia sheriff to return $69G spent on Hellcat muscle car http://www.foxnews.com/auto/2018/07/20/feds-order-georgia-sheriff-to-return-69g-spent-on-hellcat-muscle-car.html A Georgia police department is in hot water over the purchase of a Hellcat muscle car. Fox 5 reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has asked the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office to pay back $69,258 that it received from a federal […]

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Tough reelection? Sponsor an opioid bill Most of the bills sponsored by vulnerable lawmakers are not controversial, in part because they don’t designate new spending https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/16/lawmakers-opioid-bills-midterms-624926 Everybody wants their name on a bill addressing the opioid crisis — especially Republicans facing tough reelection battles. That’s why House leadership will bring more than 70 such bills […]

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicksibilla/2018/07/20/congress-demands-justice-department-return-millions-seized-unfairly-from-taxpayers/#2fa782421043 In the latest salvo against civil forfeiture, 21 Republican Members of Congress sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday that demanded the Justice Department “immediately return” up to $22 million that was “seized unfairly by the government.” Using civil forfeiture, the Internal Revenue Service raided bank accounts from hundreds of owners […]

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How do i get faster? I’m told I’m too slow. 80 seconds to grab medication. Count it. And label the bottle and place in the rack is too slow. 150 seconds to greet the customer. Get their medication. Take care of any issues and bag their stuff is too slow. I need to cut that […]

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