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Nurses Medical Cannabis Workshop: A Clinical Focus
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 [...]
GREAT Pharmaceutical stewardship presentation to a committee of the Oregon Legislature
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 [...]
AB-1114 Medi-Cal: Pharmacist services (in Calif.)
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 [...]
Send a letter re overpriced Naloxone!!!!
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 [...]
First pre-regulatory stakeholder meetings w/ Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation-Sept & Oct
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 [...]
US Surgeon General appeals to America’s clinicians to “Turn the Tide” on the prescription drug epidemic
The U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy sent a letter to 2.3 million American health professionals this week, asking them to lead a national movement to turn the tide on the nation’s prescription opioid epidemic. [...]