prescription drugs
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Colorado records modest decline in drug overdose deaths — the first decline since 2012
The state recorded 349 deaths from prescription painkillers, dropping by 24 from the previous year
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Denver authorities might be instructed to look the other way on magic mushrooms, but they remain illegal
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President Trump signals support for Colorado plan to import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada
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Colorado wants to import prescription drugs from Canada. How it could work, and why it may not.
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The opioid maker being sued by Colorado for fanning the overdose epidemic says everything it did was FDA-approved
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Colorado doctor on influential state Medicaid board resigns after Sun report on pharma money
In his email to state officials resigning from the Colorado Drug Utilization Review Board, dated Aug. 16, Dr. Alex Reish wrote that he had done nothing wrong
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After Sun report on pharma money and a Colorado Medicaid board, senior state attorney tells board members to be more transparent
The talk comes after it was revealed that one board member, Dr. Alex Reish, received thousands of dollars in benefits from pharmaceutical companies without disclosing them.
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Doctor on influential Colorado board that decides Medicaid drugs received thousands from pharmaceutical companies
Dr. Alex Reish received more than $10,000 -- mostly in free food -- from pharmaceutical companies