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-Short Attention Span Theater-
McStain files bill to screw over pain and cancer patients
Senators are hoping to combat the opioid addiction crisis by limiting initial pain prescriptions to just a week's worth of medicine.

The Opioid Addiction Prevention Act of 2017, introduced before the Easter recess by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.),
Why am I not surprised McStain is on this?
would amend the Controlled Substances Act to limit the quantity of prescriptions for acute pain, excluding chronic pain, end-of-life care and cancer treatment.
Great idea! Let's make it really difficult for those that have a hard time getting around and getting to the doctor!
Gillibrand argued that the change "would target one of the root causes of the opioid addiction crisis, which is the over-prescription of these powerful and addictive drugs for acute pain" like a tooth extraction or a broken bone.

To continue to remain licensed to prescribe schedule II, III, or IV controlled substances, medical professionals would have to certify to the the Drug Enforcement Agency that initial prescriptions for acute pain don't exceed a seven-day supply and don't include refills.
You already can't exceed a 30 day supply and can't have a refill. Also you can't call it in, need a paper script and have to pick it up yourself. Easy to do for those in acute pain or at end of life.
McCain cited the "over-prescription of highly addictive opioids" increasing 300 percent over the past 15 years as a root cause of the crisis.
No. A combination of government idiocy and pharmaceutical companies telling doctors to hand these out like candy, then realizing they made a mess and doing knee jerk reactions is the fucking problem.
"In fact, people who are addicted to prescription opioids are 40 times more likely to become addicted to heroin," he said in a statement. "In Arizona alone, heroin and opioid overdoses have skyrocketed, with the Arizona Department of Health Services reporting that more than 1,000 people required emergency room treatment for drug overdoses in 2014 while heroin-caused deaths increased by 44 percent between 2013 and 2014."
That is because it is so hard to find a doctor now to prescribe this stuff and it is such a pain to get that going to the local dealer for heroin and morphine is easier
McCain said the legislation "builds on the important steps taken by Arizona Governor Doug Ducey last fall to tackle a root cause of this epidemic by limiting the supply of an initial opioid prescription for acute pain to seven days."
Adding to the black market and drug trade in AZ. Well done.

As someone who has dealt with the idiocy surrounding the pain med market, having family members that needed them because they had cancer or chronic injuries, making this shit tougher to get legally isn't the answer. Those that truly needed are being fucked royally and those that want it can get it other ways (thanks Mexico!) The best way to handle it would be to allow two factor authentication so they doctors can electronically submit the script and the pharmacy has a service that can deliver it to the patient. These patients would be in a contract with the doctor and that pharmacy so any other request for that patient would immediately be detected by the electronic system and rejected.
The people that need it can get it and it reduces the fake prescription problem. This would also help stop the DEA would stop spamming doctor offices with entrapment patients to try to get the doctor to prescribe them something, which is why most doctors now don't prescribe opiates.
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/18/2017 15:06 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I had a total knee replacement exactly one year ago today. A patient can't drive for about 6 weeks or more. Mrs. JohnQC had to drive me to the doctor's office to obtain a new script for a refill of oxy. The doc basically just about amputates your leg during the TKR--it would be difficult to manage pain without the oxy. It is a crappy drug as it gives you constipation and nausea. Drugs are then prescribed to cope with these side effects. I got off of it as soon as I could because the side effects just about outweigh the pain management benefits.
Posted by: JohnQC || 04/18/2017 17:24 Comments || Top||

#2  I can't wait until McStain kicks the bucket.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 04/18/2017 22:46 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Arkansas bars judge from death penalty cases after he protests executions at rally
[RT] The Arkansas Supreme Court is barring a judge from future death penalty cases for participating in an anti-death penalty protest where he appeared to mimic an inmate strapped to a gurney.

Justices from the state's top court on Monday reassigned the cases from Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen.

The court also referred Griffen to the state Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission to consider whether he violated the code of conduct for judges.

The move comes as Griffen prohibited the state from using a lethal injection drug a supplier said was misleadingly obtained.

Giffen participated in an anti-death penalty demonstration before and after issuing the ruling Friday.
Posted by: Fred || 04/18/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Did they test him on other subjects: whites vs blacks, males vs females?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/18/2017 5:04 Comments || Top||

#2  ...I've asked this question about other idiots, but it applies: What's scarier - the fact that he did it, or the fact that he thought he could get away with it?

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 04/18/2017 5:07 Comments || Top||

#3  What's scarier is that this judge has not been removed from office.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 04/18/2017 9:32 Comments || Top||

#4  Remember the prosecutor in FLA? This may not stand.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/18/2017 15:24 Comments || Top||


YouTube Clip: Maine Democrats Share a Hearty Chuckle Over White Male Suicide
Posted by: charger || 04/18/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Yeah. There'll be some laughter when I check out.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/18/2017 15:26 Comments || Top||


Government
Supreme Court won't hear case challenging government's expedited removal of undocumented immigrants
[CNN] The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a lower court opinion rejecting claims by undocumented Central American women and kiddies -- who were apprehended immediately after arriving in the country without authorization -- seeking asylum.

Lawyers for the families sought to challenge their expedited removal proceedings in federal court arguing they face gender-based violence at home, but a Philadelphia-based federal appeals court held that they have no right to judicial review of such claims.

The court's action means the government can continue to deny asylum seekers placed in expedited removal a chance to have their cases heard by federal court.
Posted by: Fred || 04/18/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Well, Bye
Posted by: Frank G || 04/18/2017 7:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Excellent
Posted by: DarthVader || 04/18/2017 8:33 Comments || Top||

#3  Adios.
Posted by: JohnQC || 04/18/2017 8:40 Comments || Top||

#4  Did this one sit around until there was a ninth justice?
Posted by: Iblis || 04/18/2017 10:37 Comments || Top||

#5  They lost Congress, lost the White House and now they've lost SCOTUS. Cool.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/18/2017 12:57 Comments || Top||

#6  Careful all.
The case may have been untouched because of the Central American gender focus. Just as the immigration rules should be applied equally to all applicants, those they exclude should reflect a composition of all applicants with no gender, age, or sexual orientation specificity.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/18/2017 15:22 Comments || Top||



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