Posts Tagged ‘prescription’

Local doctor warns Greeley residents of danger from contaminated drugs

A Colorado psychiatrist and talk show host has been warning people that generic  drugs from some foreign sources are having dangerous reactions in patients due to lack quality control standards by manufacturers.   Dr. Russell Johnson, a psychiatrist in Greeley, Colorado along with his business partner Jeff Huff hosts a weekly two hour show, Shrink [...]

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Evans collects 150 lbs. of expired prescription drugs

by Jack Minor –   Working in conjunction with the Drug Enforcement Agency, the Evans Police and Fire Departments were able to collect a large supply of potentially dangerous controlled substances from area residents last weekend. The DEA established the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day in 2008 to encourage residents to go through their medicine [...]

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National Curricula?

By Mike Bauman There is a movement among state education chiefs and the National Governors Association called the Common Core Standards Initiative.  The movement is funded in large part by public monies (including 31.6 million in extra stimulus funds) provided by the US Department of Education.  According to the website http://www.corestandards.org/, the mission of the program [...]

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Prescription drug abuse fair to be held at UNC

by Jack Minor, for The Greeley Gazette The Center for Peer Education will be holding a prescription drug abuse fair at UNC next week. The fair which is called Prescribe this will be held on Tuesday, April 27 from  11-1pm at University Center Square. Emily Hedstrom-Lieser, coordinator for the event said the purpose is to [...]

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