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David Koon
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Bitter pill
Arkansas is second in the nation when it comes to opioid prescription rates. Those numbers are edging down, but some say the worst of the epidemic may be yet to come.
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Desperation and doubt on display as Ark. State Medical Board considers rules to help curb over-prescription of opioids.
At a meeting of the Arkansas State Medical Board this morning, board members heard from doctors, patients and state leaders on proposed rules changes for physicians, designed to help curb the state’s opioid epidemic.
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Rutledge: AG’s office will investigate drug makers over opioid addiction in Arkansas
Citing what she called “staggering statistics,” including Arkansas’s #2 ranking for overall opioid prescriptions, and top ranking in the number of teens abusing prescription painkillers, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announce today that her office will investigate the corporate manufacturers of opioid drugs, bringing on extra help from private firms, with an eye toward potential litigation or prosecutions.
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Trump: Why are there so many immigrants from ‘shithole countries’? UPDATE
Washington Post and other outlets are reporting that during an Oval Office meeting with lawmakers today, President of the United States Donald John Trump grew tired with lawmakers discussing restoring protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and war-torn countries in Africa and said: “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?”
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Jacksonville resident reports arson, theft, a poisoned dog and an ominous message: ‘Move n****r’
KARK Channel 4 has an interview with an African-American man in Jacksonville who says he has been the victim of racially-fueled harassment and vandalism at his home, including having his dog poisoned, his truck stolen and his garage and its contents destroyed by arson, with the perpetrator spray painting “Move n****r’ on the outside of the burned building.
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Gov. kicks in $500K to help fund ASU efficiency study
The Governor’s office announced today that Gov. Asa Hutchinson has released $500,000 in state discretionary funds to bankroll an Arkansas State University efficiency study that will seek ways to increase revenue, reduce cost and reallocate resources in the Arkansas State University System. The half-million dollar allocation will be put toward the $945,000 “Accelerate ASU” study currently being conducted by Huron Consulting Group.
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Twitter.com: kicking Trump from the site would ‘hamper necessary discussion.’
If you ever find yourself daydreaming that Twitter will finally enforce their rules and spray a little water on the raging dumpster fire that is Donald Trump’s Twitter account, don’t hold your breath while waiting for the ban hammer to drop. A statement posted by the company to Twitter’s blog today implied that as long as a person is a “world leader,” pretty much anything he or she wants to say on the social media site is A-OK, even if it violates the rules set forth for everyone else.