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Offline TomSea

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Florida sues Walgreens, CVS over opioid sales
« on: November 17, 2018, 10:06:16 pm »
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Florida sues Walgreens, CVS over opioid sales
[Associated Press]TERRY SPENCER
,Associated Press•November 17, 2018

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is suing the nation's two largest drugstore chains, Walgreens and CVS, alleging they added to the state and national opioid crisis by overselling painkillers and not taking precautions to stop illegal sales.

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced late Friday that she has added the companies to a state-court lawsuit filed last spring against Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, and several opioid distributors.

Bondi said in a press release that CVS and Walgreens "played a role in creating the opioid crisis." She said the companies failed to stop "suspicious orders of opioids" and "dispensed unreasonable quantities of opioids from their pharmacies." On average, about 45 people die nationally each day because of opioid overdoses, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Read more at: https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-sues-walgreens-cvs-over-175945187.html
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Re: Florida sues Walgreens, CVS over opioid sales
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2018, 10:19:08 pm »
The State of Florida knows what doctors are prescribing it.  Take their licenses away.
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Re: Florida sues Walgreens, CVS over opioid sales
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2018, 08:58:36 am »
Quote from: Hoodat on November 17, 2018, 10:19:08 pm
The State of Florida knows what doctors are prescribing it.  Take their licenses away.

I like it on the surface, but;

In the sunny Retirement State?

They'd get mired in going through Doctor's Patient records and personally interviewing each one.

Docs are still just low level street soldiers, with Pharmacies playing Corporals in this scam.

Grow a set and go bust Perdue Phama.
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Re: Florida sues Walgreens, CVS over opioid sales
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2018, 02:03:33 pm »
Because all your local junkies are buying their drugs with a doctor's Rx at Walgreen's ...  :whistle:
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Re: Florida sues Walgreens, CVS over opioid sales
« Reply #4 on: November 19, 2018, 02:38:28 pm »
Stupid idea.
If they were selling them without perceptions, that would be another story.
If they are not, it is a stupid idea.
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Offline Applewood

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Re: Florida sues Walgreens, CVS over opioid sales
« Reply #5 on: November 19, 2018, 02:54:10 pm »
The state AG in Pennsylvania is doing something similar.  I agree with those who say it's a bad idea.  Opioids are legal for those who truly need them.   I'm sure pharmacies do their best to spot bogus prescriptions and maybe contact the prescribing doctor or law enforcement if a prescription looks suspicious.   Other than that, what else can they do?   
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Re: Florida sues Walgreens, CVS over opioid sales
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2018, 03:12:55 pm »
"In 2010, Florida was known as the pill mill capital of the country," Jacobs continued. "Florida practitioners were prescribing oxycodone at levels exceeding all other states combined.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/addictions/58172?pop=0&ba=1&xid=tmd-md&hr=trendMD
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Re: Florida sues Walgreens, CVS over opioid sales
« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2018, 04:10:11 pm »

--EBT Food Stamps

--Free/subsidized housing for some

--Free medical care for all

--Free College for all

----Free Minimum Basic Income

--Legalized Recreational Pot

--Marijuana widely (prescribed) for every ailment/condition (as in Wonder Weed, builds strong bones in 12 different ways)

--Cigarettes and Alcohol easy to get

--Countless drugs readily available (heroin, cocaine, meth, etc.)

--Prescription drugs labelled for safey

And I am supposed to get all exercized when somebody gets pain meds?


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