Frankie Valvasori, Drug Counsellor, WASUA – WANADA interviews out alcohol and other drug workers for Drug Action Week. Frankie works at the WA Substance Users’ Association, a peer-based not-for-profit …

NATION: Medicare wastes billions on name-brand drugs

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NATION: Medicare wastes billions on name-brand drugs. Published: …. While lawmakers bitterly disagree about the Affordable Care Act, Medicare's drug program has been held up as a success for government health care. It has come in …. In June, the …
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Nova Southeastern University Researchers Receive .1 Million Grant from …

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This will allow them to tailor treatment more effectively using drugs already approved for other illnesses. At the end of the four-year study, the consortium plans to complete early studies in human patients and be able to pursue larger-scale clinical …
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James R. Silkenat: Federal criminal sentencing in urgent need of reform

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For example, John Horner, a first-time drug offender in central Florida, was sentenced in October 2012 to a 25-year mandatory minimum prison term for selling pain pills that he was prescribed for an injury to an undercover informant who said that he …
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