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New Online Resource Aims to Make Senior Citizens Safer Drivers
KickingTiresNearly 10,000 Americans turn 65 every day and continue to drive. Being behind the wheel and using prescription medicine isn???t always the safest combination. AAA has created a new online tool to help senior citizens know the potentially hazardous side-...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Automotive Equipment, Online Media Industry, Minor League Baseball, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Has war on pill abuse become war on pain patients?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel Blogs(Seems the gremlins have eaten my Sunday print column online, so I'm reposting it here...and feel free to share your stories below, if you're a pain patient who has run into recent difficult getting your prescriptions written by doctors or......Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Vicodin (drug), Hospitals and Clinics, Delray Beach, Highland Beach
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Rush goes way over line (and below belt)
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsControversy is nothing new for conservative talk radio superstar (and Palm Beach resident) Rush Limbaugh. But this time is different. This time Rush has gone way over the line (or below the belt, as the case may be) by talking......Tags: Prescription Drugs, Birth Control, Family Planning, Rush Limbaugh, Health Treatments
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Sheriff money could salvage arts programs
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsSheriff Ric Bradshaw may have found a way to help pay for arts programs that ended up on Palm Beach County???s budget chopping block. The County Commission plans to cut $262,000 sought by the county???s Cultural Council for everything from......Tags: Arts, Arts and Culture, Property Tax, Budgets and Budgeting, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ron Klein-Allen West faceoff didn???t happen
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsRead more about the faceoff that never happened. Updated at 2:20 p.m. One of only a handful of joint appearances between U.S. Rep. Ron Klein, D-Boca Raton, and challenger Allen West, R-Plantation, didn???t happen. The Voters Coalition, the bipartisan........Tags: Elections, Local Elections, Healthcare Laws, Corporate Crime, Fraud
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Palm Beach County considers tougher pill mill stance, as Scott tries to lessen state's oversight
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsAs Gov. Rick Scott seeks to scale back state oversight of pain management clinics, Palm Beach County considers tougher rules for "pill mills" blamed for illegally feeding prescription drug addictions. Palm Beach County may broaden its moratorium on new...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Executive Branch, Hospitals and Clinics, Government, Rick Scott
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How much oxycodone does Florida consume?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsIf you believe the numbers from the Drug Enforcement Agency, Florida has gone from consuming roughly 10 percent of the nation's oxycodone to 90 percent in just four years. The statistic is eye-popping, but is it true? The DEA says......Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, OxyContin (drug), New York, California, New Jersey
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Will Tallahassee wage war on poor and middle class?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsFlorida's Legislature convenes today for its annual two-month session, and I'm scared. Scared because a recklessly ideological governor and conservative Republican super-majorities in the House and Senate seem eager to do big business' bidding. Scared...Tags: Florida, Event Planning, Executive Branch, Government, Human Interest
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FAU coaching search now goes to Plan B
FAU Sports | Sun Sentinel blogsIt???s on to Plan B for FAU AD Craig Angelos, as Mike Leach used is right of first refusal and passed on FAU to take the Washington State gig. And you can???t blame him. More money, PAC 10 (12,......Tags: Chuck Amato, Plan B (drug), Health
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Free $5 gift cards Saturday in Oakland Park
Crime and Safety - Sun-SentinelThe Broward Sheriff???s Office is hosting a shred-a-thon and prescription drug take back, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Oakland Park Municipal Building, 5399 N. Dixie Hwy. Free $5 gift card in exchange for unwanted??medications,??while they last! ??For...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Health
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Palm Beach County Commission calls for saving prescription drug registry
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsThe Palm Beach County Commission this week joined the chorus of support for a prescription drug registry opposed by new Gov. Rick Scott. The County Commission Tuesday approved a resolution calling for the Florida Legislature to keep alive the registry.......Tags: Gun Control, Personal Weapon Control, Prescription Drugs, Trips and Vacations, Getaway Travel
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Record set at recent prescription drug take back
Crime and Safety - Sun-SentinelBy Laura C. Morel Sun Sentinel It might go down as the mother of all prescription drug take back events. A record number of prescription pills were collected during the Broward Sheriff's Office's latest Operation Medicine Cabinet effort. Typically, BSO...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Tamarac, Al Lamberti, Health
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