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From the 5/13 Show – Face It Together – Sioux Falls South Dakota

Not New York City, not Los Angeles and not Chicago!  It is Sioux Falls South Dakota that has an organization in the forefront of helping business, communities and the taxpayer understand the growing costs of the drug epidemic in our … Continue reading

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From the 5/6 Show – Roger Clemens Needs an OxyContin Connection With Congress

Roger Clemens had an absolute lock on being in the Baseball Hall of Fame.  Beginning with his seven Cy Young awards, 354 wins, 4,672 strike outs, and 23 years in baseball would have put Roger in the Hall of Fame … Continue reading

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From the 4/29 Show – Christopher Lane and “How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness – Shyness”

The March issue of Sun Magazine http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/435/side_effects_may_include  helped the radio show discover Professor Christopher Lane.  The Sun article by Arnie Cooper introduced me to Christopher’s book:  How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness – Shyness – Yale University Press http://www.prescriptionaddictionradio.com/guests.cfm Christopher … Continue reading

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From the 4/22 Show – Taxpayers Pay For the Lunacy and McDonalds Doesn’t Get It

A month ago Pat Beall from the Palm Beach Post did an excellent article revealing the money taxpayers spent financing the distribution of oxycodone within Florida during the time periods of 2010 and 2011 http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/post-exclusive-tax-money-helps-pill-mills-thrive-2246961.html?printArticle=y   Beall reported that $27 million … Continue reading

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From the 4/15 Show – OxyMorons – Pay Per View Finally Gets It

Johnny Hickey, writer director and lead actor in the movie OxyMorons joined the radio show again Sunday night.  If your cable company is Time Warner, Verizon, Comcast, Cox, Charter and others around the country that include In-Demand you can now … Continue reading

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From the 4/8 Show – Jesse Vivian, Wayne State University, the DEA and Shame

The show started by reminding family members that “Shame” is what continues the silence of the growing drug epidemic in our country.  The drug distributors know that by continuing to make people feel ashamed of a loved one or ashamed … Continue reading

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From the 4/1 Show – Chimpanzees and the Libertarian Party

The radio show covered a number of topics Sunday night.  First, my thanks to Ray Martinez http://www.raymartinez.com/  for helping enlighten my radio show listener and the country on how marijuana is affecting his community of Fort Collins, Co and his … Continue reading

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From the 3/25 Show – Kanabec County, Minnesota – It’s Time to Break the Silence

The radio show is grateful to Suzanne Lee, a nurse and addiction specialist in the 16,000 person Kanabec County, Minnesota area.    Kanabec County appears to be symbolic for many small county populations in our country. On Sunday night’s show, Suzanne … Continue reading

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From the 11/18 Show – Health Clubs in America Are Not Exercising Their Muscle

We live in a dynamic country in which money drives the majority of decisions.  Nobody has created a marketing initiative that has been able to compete with the marketing and influence from the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical, medical and insurance establishment. … Continue reading

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From the 3/11 Show – The Marketing of Rachel Hoffman – Follow the Money

On May 7, 2008 we sadly lost a 23 year old woman to drugs. Rachel Hoffman had agreed to become an informant for the Tallahassee police department shortly after she was discovered with many times over the misdemeanor limit for … Continue reading

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