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Legalized Weed Is Landing More Seniors in the E.R.

By Matt Richtel
The New York Times

May 20, 2024

As more places legalize marijuana, policymakers and health officials have worried about the health risks that the drug may pose to adolescents...

Biden announces ‘major step’ toward reclassifying marijuana

The Hill
by Joseph Choi

May 16, 2024

The Biden administration announced Thursday it had initiated the formal rulemaking process to reschedule marijuana to Schedule III ...

A narrative review of risk mitigation strategies in the management of opioids for chronic pain and palliative care in older adults: Interprofessional collaboration with the pharmacist

Annals of Palliative Medicine
by Insaf Mohammad, Candice L Garwood,
Lisa Binns-Emerick

May 13, 2024

findings: A variety of risk mitigation strategies to improve safety for older adults using opioids exist...

Pharmacists protest ‘noncompetitive’ contracts at Express Scripts HQ in St. Louis County

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

May 19, 2024

About 70 pharmacists and advocates gathered outside Express Scripts’ North County headquarters Friday, voicing wide-ranging complaints about the company and its peers...

Do terminal patients have the right to try magic mushrooms?

Los Angeles Times

May 15, 2024

A Seattle-based physician says he has the right to prescribe psilocybin, the hallucinogenic compound in so-called magic mushrooms, to his terminally ill patients...

A Philadelphia pharmacy’s closure after 26 years highlights the industry’s growing challenges

Times Daily
by Lizzy McClellan Ravitch
The Philadelphia Inquirer

May 11, 2024

Independent pharmacies like Friendly, as well as some chains, have been pinched by pricing and fees set by pharmacy benefit managers...

Walgreens and CVS Are Trying to Fix America’s Flailing Pharmacies

Bloomberg
By Fiona Rutherford

May 17, 2024

after decades of not changing their standard model, the two US drugstore giants are unveiling plans to fix
America’s broken pharmacies...

Board: Pharmacy error led to overdose, possible death

Iowa Capital Dispatch
by Clark Kauffman

May 14, 2024

Several Iowa pharmacies have been cited by the state recently for dispensing incorrect medications, including one instance in which a patient might have died...

As the US moves to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, could more states legalize it?

Associated Press
by David A. Lieb

May 4, 2024

There may be little immediate impact in the dozen states that have not already legalized cannabis for widespread medical or recreational use by adults...