NH BOP blatantly ignores laws ?

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
Supreme Court shields Pharmacy Board, hurts women

Supreme Court shields Pharmacy Board, hurts women

http://nhrtl.org/supreme-court-shields-pharmacy-board-hurts-women/

New Hampshire Right to Life [NHRTL] is dismayed that the NH Supreme Court continues to deny citizens the right to sue state agencies who act illegally. NHRTL had sued over the Board of Pharmacy’s failure to enforce basic FDA safety protocols which are required under NH statutes. The Board of Pharmacy did not deny that it was acting unlawfully or that allowing distribution of dangerous pills was putting women’s health at risk, but asked the Court to dismiss the petition on ‘standing’ grounds.

Last week, the Supreme Court sided with the Pharmacy Board and denied the people of NH have any right to demand the agency enforce NH law regarding unlawful granting of drug distribution licenses to Planned Parenthood. This decision allows any state agency to flagrantly violate the law with no possibility of taxpayers challenging that action in court.

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IRS following in DEA’s foot prints ?

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

guntoheadIRS seizes life savings for deposits under $10,000

http://www.wnd.com/2014/10/irs-seizes-life-savings-for-deposits-under-10000/
From the article:
An Iowa woman who did not cheat on her taxes or launder money has had her entire life savings confiscated by the Internal Revenue Service simply because she deposited less than $10,000 at a time into the bank.

The paper explains: “Using a law designed to catch drug traffickers, racketeers and terrorists by tracking their cash, the government has gone after run-of-the-mill business owners and wage earners without so much as an allegation that they have committed serious crimes. The government can take the money without ever filing a criminal complaint, and the owners are left to prove they are innocent. Many give up.”
“Last year, banks filed more than 700,000 suspicious activity reports. Owners who are caught up in structuring cases often cannot afford to fight. The median amount seized by the IRS was $34,000, according to the Institute for Justice analysis, while legal costs can easily mount to $20,000 or more.”
The DEA’s version of this confiscating a innocent’s person money is called

civil forfeiture – guilty until proven innocent

On Cavuto today judge Andrew P. Napolitano discussed these civil forfeiture laws and in his opinion… Congress passed these laws and they are UNCONSTITUTIONAL..

In thinking how the DEA and the IRS works.. the large companies gets fines.. no forfeitures .. so they can’t challenge the law..  The people they use the forfeiture laws against… are drug dealers… that are criminals.. and small business person.. that once the DEA or IRS seizes all their assets.. they have nothing left to even defend themselves.. let alone challenge the legality of the forfeiture law..

Abraham Lincoln said, “that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth”,

I think that this phrase has been changed… “government of the bureaucrats, by the bureaucrats and screw the people !  But I may be wrong…

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Aren’t we suppose to learn from others mistake ?

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

imwithstupidIndiana mayors at meth summit call for prescription-only cold medicines

Yesterday I wrote about Indiana Mayors calling for all cold medicines are available as Rx only.. I stated my opinion that this was just more bad processes of what is already in place. They mentioned that both Mississippi and Oregon had similar laws.. Missing was the fact that those laws in those two states.. ARE NOT WORKING.

Thanks to some of my readers.. I got the following…

I live in Mississippi and we have a METH problem. We have had this problem for years. The first thing that impacted me as a pharmacist was having to put PSE products behind the counter and then get patients to sign to buy it. That did not seem to be enough, so PSE products are prescription only in the state. This has been in effect for about 2 years. But, we still have a METH problem.

Study: Cold medicine law isn’t reducing meth use in Oregon

If this Rx only process is failing in these two states.. what makes this group of mayors believe that it will be successful in Indiana ?
Can’t you remember as a kid arguing that you wanted to do something and claimed that “everyone else is doing it “… which your parent replied “if Johnnie jumped off the bridge…would you want to jump off the bridge”..
I may be wrong… but it has been stated that 80% of the meth in this country comes from south of the border.. so as long as our southern border is WIDE OPEN… we are going to continue to have a meth problem ?
Maybe my logic is faulty.. but if law enforcement/Congress/Administration was serious about addressing our “meth problem”.. they would focus resources on CLOSING OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.  Since they are not addressing the southern border… are they just interested in perpetuating this war on drugs..?

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Every time you try to make something idiot proof.. they build better idoits

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve


Indiana mayors at meth summit call for prescription-only cold medicines

magicianI kind of makes you wonder how many times these bureaucrats are going to pull another “rabbit” out of their hat.. to try and put a halt to substance abuse. It is reported that 80% of the Meth in this country comes from south of the border… so restricting the sales of PSE products is going to impact its availability how ?

Indiana has been  using NPLEx http://www.nplexservice.com/ 

This is a system that many states use as a national database to collect sales of PSE products..  Of course this system does not validate the driver’s license that is presented to the pharmacy.. So passable fake driver’s license goes into the system. IMO.. this system is so lame that if the driver’s license presented has been accepted by another pharmacy at some point in time.. once the pharmacy staff enters the driver’s license into the system.. the balance of the data points self populates.. and confirmation bias kicks in for the pharmacy staff.

This might explain that after using this system in Indiana for several years… it leads the country in Meth lab busts and continues to grows. Indiana also at the top of the list of pharmacy robberies.

The Indiana AG ( Greg Zoeller) keeps trying to bring out new programs.. like his bitter pill program  http://www.in.gov/bitterpill/ to curtail the abuse of legal/illegal medications and other substances.

Maybe, if these bureaucrats would seek out those within healthcare as to how to address these issues … perhaps some progress could be made.. you are never going to eliminate all the abuse of some substances… just like you are never going to be able to close down all the jails and prisons.

But then we are working under the presumption that they are really trying to make progress.. or could they just going thru some motions and press releases to make the public believe that they are trying to make progress and in reality all they are trying to do is keeping the status quo and job security for those involved in fighting this war on drugs ? Why else would be fighting this war for ONE HUNDRED YEARS ?

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Why don’t you just mind your own business ?

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Ken seems to get the point across quite well…

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The FDA is coming after your “nuts”

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

walnutsFDA Says Walnuts Are Illegal Drugs

http://www.getholistichealth.com/40760/fda-says-walnuts-are-illegal-drugs/

from the article:

Nevertheless, the FDA sent Diamond Foods a very touchy, personal letter, aggressively stating that:

“Your walnut products are drugs…they may not legally be marketed in the United States without an approved new drug application.”

The last thing this country needs is to classify natural, healthy foods as drugs. With the bad rep around prescription drugs that have been pushed out by the FDA, putting healthy foods into the same category would just be an insult. After all, you don’t up your risk of ulcers or heart attacks with natural, organic fruits and vegetables – something that can’t be said for a number of the other products that the FDA labels as “drugs.”

Despite Diamond Foods being backed up by evidence that supports the benefits of eating walnuts, the FDA told them that their products were “misbranded.” Basically, the FDA didn’t like that a company was promoting health claims that they didn’t approve of – regardless of the scientific support.

But even then, the agency threatened Diamond Foods with a possible “seizure” if they did not comply with the warnings they set out. Below is an actual excerpt from the letter that Diamond Foods received:

“We have determined that your walnut products are promoted for conditions that cause them to be drugs because these products are intended for use in the prevention, mitigation, and treatment of disease… are offered for conditions that are not amenable to self-diagnosis and treatment by individuals who are not medical practitioners; therefore, adequate directions for use cannot be written so that a layperson can use these drugs safely for their intended purposes.”

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Addiction is a DISEASE – imagine that !

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Answering an epidemic

http://www.toledoblade.com/Editorials/2014/10/26/Answering-an-epidemic.html

From the article:

An estimated 200,000 Ohioans are addicted to heroin or prescription painkillers. The epidemic has thrown families into turmoil and financial calamity, clogged the courts, and sent thousands of addicts to prison for drug-related crimes.

Traditionally, sobriety rates for opioid addicts range from 15 to 30 percent a year.
Drug addiction is a disease; as with any other disease, drugs can help treat it. No one, however, should be compelled to use them.
Ohio spends roughly $114 million a year on alcohol, drug, and addiction services. Given wide gaps in treatment, the state should double that investment. Even if it did, it would still spend seven times less on treatment than it does on a prison system that holds thousands of people whose offenses are directly tied to addiction.
So if addiction is a DISEASE… why do we keep throwing them in prison ? I don’t see our society throwing other people in prison because they have a chronic disease. The question has to be asked.. why is our legal system discriminating against this segment of our population which is probably covered by The Americans with Disability Act ? Isn’t this a Human Rights issue similar to what we criticize other countries about .

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Talk about your epidemics

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

It is now reported that 22 soldiers commit SUICIDE EVERY DAY… that is over 8000/yr…. only a

TWENTY SIX FOLD INCREASE IN JUST 5 YRS.

They claim that overdose deaths by drugs has increase FOUR FOLD in a similar time frame…

AND THAT IS A EPIDEMIC

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Is this how Walgreens keeps pts coming back ?

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

greedprofitsUpdated: My local Walgreen’s: NOT “at the corner of happy and healthy”

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/21/1338257/-My-local-Walgreen-s-NOT-at-the-corner-of-happy-and-healthy?detail=email#

From the article:

The cashier, a middle-aged woman who has worked at this Walgreen’s for years, looked like hell. She was congested, coughing, barely able to croak out any words. When I asked what was going on, and why on earth she was at work in this condition, she told me she was also running a fever.

But, when she tried to call in sick, she said, her boss told her that if she wanted to remain employed, she better get to work. So she did, viruses and all.

Since she was the only cashier on duty, everyone in the store who bought anything, including the vulnerable senior citizens, had to visit her register and presumably get exposed to whatever illness she has. I felt so sorry for her, since she still had several hours left in her shift.

Spread the germs.. to generate sales ?

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Tryanny, alive and well in America?

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Ariel Lipsen's neck would, allegedly caused when she was struck with a rifle stock by a DEA agent. (Source: Tom Cochran)DEA retroactively gets warrant after violent, botched raid on wrong address

http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/purple-zone-raid/

from the article:

ALPINE, TX — Federal agents violently raided a tobacco shop, unnecessarily broke down a door, tampered with surveillance cameras, and allegedly cracked a woman in the neck with a rifle stock.  In the process, they also raided a neighbor’s home, only to later cover their tracks by acquiring a warrant retroactively.  The carnival of injustice was completed when witnesses were ordered to recant their stories under penalty of law.

Agents were ready with a steel battering ram, but were sure to first disconnect the surveillance cameras and face them toward the walls, before smashing in the door.

Apparently these officers wanted to make sure that their style of justice is BLIND

After the raid on Branson’s home had begun, they sought out and acquired a warrant, retroactively, for his address.  One was issued at 11:58 a.m., well after the agents broke through Branson’s wooden gate and invaded his home.

Lipsen agreed to a plea deal in September in exchange for serving no jail time. To date, she’s lost over $100,000 on legal bills and seized property, and wants to get on with her life. “I never wanted to aggravate anybody,” says Lipsen. “I don’t do this for fun. This isn’t a hobby, this is how I support myself. This is how I live.” Of her relationship with the town of Alpine, “I love it here, but it’s become toxic.”

The LIARS in charge of our legal system

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