Opioid manufacturer Purdue sought to create a drug to combat the effects of opioid abuse so they could profit from both end of the pharmaceutical spectrum. In an NPR Newshour piece, it was noted that “The family behind OxyContin raked in billions of dollars as it pushed to keep patients on the powerful painkiller longer […]
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Throughout the last presidential campaign, now President Donald Trump promised to reform libel laws so that public figures could go after and win libel lawsuits against their detractors. Nothing much has come of Trump’s promises so far until today when Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion and mentioned that he would
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Actor-singer Jussie Smollett, from the Fox series, “Empire,”reported to Chicago police that he’d been the victim of a hate crime as he told police two white men shouting racial and homophobic slurs put a noose around his neck, poured chemicals on him and told him, “This is MAGA country.” Police now suspect Smollett set the
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For those of you who didn’t study Latin, annus horribilis means horrible year. That’s probably understating it a bit when it comes to the Catholic Church. In a year when church officials must be scratching their heads wondering what else can go wrong? something worse happens. Just before the Pope’s much publicized summit on clerical
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“This is the worst place I have ever been for base housing,” said Master Gunnery Sgt. Blaine Jones who is the first Marine selected to be the Joint Operations senior enlisted advisor for U.S. Central Command. He has also had nine combat deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq, earning a Bronze Star for valor. Both he
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With the threat of litigation hanging over their heads like the sword of Damocles, the Florida House’s Health and Human Services Committee has taken up debate on the controversial smoking ban. The ban is a result of Florida voters overwhelming approval of medical marijuana use for medicinal purposes in the last election. While the 2017
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A military appellate court has upheld a lower court’s ruling that a sailor sexually assaulted four women with whom he had consensual sex because he failed to disclose his HIV status. The appellate court last week affirmed an earlier ruling in the case, U.S. v. Forbes. The women could not provide “meaningful, informed consent” to
In the wake of the nationwide opioid epidemic, elected officials took measures to curb the ease of access to powerful and addictive drugs. Florida mandated that healthcare professionals such as doctors and dentists take continuing education courses on the proper prescribing methodology for opioids. Nearly 25% failed to comply with the law. The Florida Department
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For years, the “tough on crime” lobby has won the day in Tallahassee, often shooting down common sense measures that would serve justice and make the punishment actually fit the crime. Instead, we’ve got mandatory minimums and the judges hands are tied when it comes to sentencing. That may be changing. State Senator Jeff Brandes
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We know that military service members aren’t paid well. They join the service to serve their country and make many sacrifices to ensure the freedoms we take for granted. So when an issue arises that causes harm to them or their families, I pay attention and want to do something about it. A story in
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