Cracking Down On Deception

 The Daily Grind -View as a web page | [View Online]( [The DAily GRIND News]( Grind for February 23, 2018 # First sip "I think it's healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care - that you work hard and want to give a great performance. You just have to channel that nervous energy into the show." - Beyonce Knowles   [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( You Reap What You Sow The Headline Justice Department goes after doctors who profit from prescribing painkillers The Grind A "pill mill" is a clinic where doctors write unnecessary prescriptions for painkillers in exchange for money or other incentives. This practice creates addicts who turn to more dangerous drugs when their prescriptions run out. As Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced last Friday, the Justice Department is increasingly targeting doctors who profit from opioid prescriptions. "[Patients] get addicted, and then they move to heroin and fentanyl and die. Our goal is flat out to bring down the number of deaths," said Sessions. "I've been to 30, 40 United States Attorney offices all over America, and they all have cases on physicians, some on pharmacies, some hospitals have poor control measures, and pills are out there." The Details One pill pusher, a Tennessee chiropractor named Matthew Anderson, was busted when a concerned employee filed a civil lawsuit under the False Claims Act. Anderson had been billing TennCare and Medicare for office visits that should not have been reimbursable. "In this case, a concerned whistleblower brought a civil suit which ultimately held those responsible for the illicit prescription of opioids and at the same time cheating the taxpayers by causing federal healthcare programs to pay for such highly addictive drugs," said Tennessee attorney David Cochran. Anderson was fined $1.45 million and banned from billing federal healthcare programs for the next five years. All four of his clinics were shut down. "If we're going to end this unprecedented drug crisis, which is claiming the lives of 64,000 Americans each year, doctors must stop over-prescribing opioids and law enforcement must aggressively pursue those medical professionals who act in their own financial interests, at the expense of their patients' best interests," said Sessions. Last month during a speech in Kentucky, Sessions discussed an analytical program that searches for potential opioid-related healthcare fraud by doctors and other medical care providers. Meanwhile the DOJ is also educating mailmen on how to detect painkillers sent via mail. One source, a Thailand-based website called "Alpha Bay," has already been detected and eliminated. The individual involved in the case killed himself before the FBI could get to him. [share]( [tweet]( You Might Like        [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( You Learn Something New Everyday The Headline New study shows GMOs are good for you The Background As much as 75% of the foods you see at the grocery store contain GMOs. The term "GMO" (genetically modified organism) refers to an organism that has had its DNA artificially manipulated in a lab; for example, a variety of corn that has been modified so that it is better able to protect itself against pests. This sounds like a good thing, but consumers have been fighting GMOs ever since they were introduced in 1994. In July 2016, former President Barack Obama signed a law requiring the labeling of foods containing GMOs. The USDA has two years to finalize the details before the law goes into effect. At least 64 other countries have similar laws. The News A new study disproves two of the most common arguments against GMOs, which are: GMOs don't produce larger yields. GMOs are dangerous to human health. The analysis, which is based on worldwide data from the past 20 years, shows GMO corn has increased crop yields 5.6 to 24.5% (compared to non-GMO varieties). The study also found that GM corn has lower levels of mycotoxins (up to 36.5% less than traditional corn). "Mycotoxins" are toxic, carcinogenic byproducts of crop colonization that are produced by fungi. Fungi are more likely to grow on plants already weakened by insects, so GM corn that is designed to protect itself from insects is less vulnerable to the fungi - meaning it tends to have fewer mycotoxins. The arguments against GMOs are likely to continue, but some are already referring to the report as a "final chapter" in the debate. In their report, the authors noted that the analysis "allowed us to draw unequivocal conclusions, helping us to increase public confidence in food produced with genetically modified plants." You can check out the full report at GeneticLiteracyProject.org. 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