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Why Won`t Scott Fishman Talk Straight About Drug Addiction?

"A person can become pharmacologically dependant to a pain medication but addiction does not always or usually occur." - Scott M. Fishman, MD

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - A few years ago, Scott M. Fishman, MD was interviewed by his employer, the University of California Davis and asked about the common problems in physicians treating pain patients.

Interesting topic for the time -- at the height of the opioid prescribing frenzy.

Marijuana Therapy = Heroin Therapy

One is usually very good --- one is frequently lethal.

(PORTLAND, OR) - I have been conducting online research to see how many federal agencies have been protecting us from the "evil weed" marijuana, as compared to the regularly available "strong painkiller" heroin.

The latter is actually prescribed in England as Brompton Cocktail, which contains heroin or other strong morphine-like drugs

PTSD: Oregon and the Cruelest, Most Dangerous Woman in the State With Her Drug War Against Veterans

Oregon Senator Betsy Close....

(PORTLAND, OR) - Sometimes I just can's believe what I am reading. The Oregon Legislature recently had hearings about including Combat PTSD for medical marijuana permits.

Senator Betsy Close was quoted as saying, "(I) am against expanding the medical marijuana program," and, "Marijuana does damage the body and especially the brain," and, "All drugs have side effects. This drug has documented brain damage and sex damage."

Marijuana Sisterhood: They Know!

There are more women users than men! 12 state nurse associations support marijuana legalization.

(PORTLAND, OR) - OK, so you are asking yourself, what do they know? I didn't know all of the details myself.

I originally posted an article in Salem-News.com, Nausea of Pregnancy, Marijuana Vs. Antiemitics, Marijuana Wins Hands Down!

Marijuana as an Aphrodisiac?

The answer is yes!

(PORTLAND, OR) - I actually found out about this ten years ago when I was helping one of my 1,000 PTSD Veteran patients get a medical marijuana permit.

He had been mistreated at the VA with morphine-like drugs, valium-like drugs and anti-depressants, all of which are strong brain depressants. They had destroyed his libido.

UPS to Forfeit $40 Million in Payments for Shipping Illicit Online Pharmacies

News release from the Drug Enforcement Agency.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The DEA today announced that United Parcel Service and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, entered into a Non-Prosecution Agreement.

UPS agreed to forfeit $40 million in payments it has received from illicit online pharmacies, and also to implement a compliance program designed to ensure that illegal online pharmacies will not be able to use UPS’s services to distribute drugs.

Meet Two of Big Pharma`s Most Compromised Doctors

Both subjects of Senate investigations, they just keep pushing addictive pills onto the public.

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - On March 3, 2013 I wrote an article for Salem-News.com entitled The Profiteers of Drug Addiction Will Meet in Florida.

My purpose in writing the article was to bring attention to the fact that the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) in sheer arrogance was holding their annual convention in what has been referred to as "the pill mill capital of America" -- Florida.

Wanted Fugitive Arrested After Facebook Search Confirms Identity During Traffic Stop

Press release from Oregon State Police.

(LAKE OSWEGO, OR) - A wanted fugitive was arrested Sunday afternoon with the help of a social media Website.

An Oregon State Police trooper determined the man's true identity through a Facebook search using an in-car OSP mobile data terminal (MDT) computer.

In their own words... The Lies Purdue Pharma Used to Launch OxyContin

Top Purdue Pharma execs openly lied about Oxycontin being non-lethal when they knew it was deadly.

(MYRTLE BEACH, SC) - I recently acquired a copy of the OxyContin Product Data Brochure dated 1996 which Purdue Pharma distributed at the launch of their deadly drug.

I have bolded key remarks made by Purdue Pharma and below each remark, I have added information that has surfaced since 1996.

Pot Grower Prosecution in Spite of Prop. 215: a White Elephant for California Taxpayers, or What?

Prosecutors in case against legal marijuana grower may be showboating on a sinking ship.

(MARYSVILLE, CA) - It was an interesting day Friday, covering a hearing in the case against Eric Salerno in Marysville, held in the courtroom of Yuba County Judge Julia Scrogin.