Nurses Medical Cannabis Workshop: A Clinical Focus Gang: Thanks to all of you who attended our cannabis pharmacology presentation at Salute Restaurant in Point Richmond last Sunday, September 25. Corinne and John Malanca, owners of United Patients Group, who sponsored Dr. Lee Wolfer and her presentation handed out postcards on an upcoming workshop in Lafayette, [...]
Margaret Shield gave a background talk on pharmaceutical stewardship to a committee of the Oregon Legislature last week to help local agencies and advocates queue up their work on medicine take-back legislation. A recording and her slides are posted on her blog: http://cehstrategies.com/news/why-secure-medicine-disposal-whats-pharmaceutical-stewardship.html In response, PhRMA submitted a statement, “In Opposition to Drug Take-back Mandates”, online here: https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2015I1/Downloads/CommitteeMeetingDocument/92676 [...]
NEW Pharmacy Law specifies the functions a pharmacist is authorized to perform, including furnishing nicotine replacement products and administering immunizations, as specified and receive reimbursements for doing so. Introduced by Assembly Member Eggman February 27, 2015 An act to add Section 14132.968 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to health care, and declaring the urgency thereof, to [...]
Dear PPSI followers: Please send your letter, SAMPLE BELOW AND LINK HERE> hmo-insurances-ltr-re-naloxone, to as many of the insurance companies possible-with your name, phone number and email. HMO addresses and emails obtained via HICAP (California based) (insert sample insurance company PO Box xxxx anytown, any-state, correct zip) Dear Medical Director: I am writing to you, as _______ and as _________ regarding [...]
The Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation (BMCR) and Office of Medical Cannabis Safety (OMCS) will be holding their first pre-regulatory stakeholder meetings this September and October. Discussing issues related to general licensing requirements, and specific concepts related to the regulation of medical cannabis dispensaries, distributors, manufacturers, testing laboratories and transporters. Please join us for one of [...]
