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Deprescribing benzodiazepines in patients on long-term stable treatment led to increased mortality along with increases in nonfatal overdoses, suicidal ideation, and emergency department visits.

“These drugs are not weight loss drugs. “These are not diabetes drugs. These are drugs that have multiple purposes, including obesity and diabetes, and possibly they might even help protect the brain.” – Roger McIntyre, MD

“Pharmacies exist to heal the sick, not to fuel addiction and line the pockets of drug traffickers.” – DEA Administrator Terrance Cole

As cannabis becomes more widely available and socially accepted and legalized in various jurisdictions, it is essential to understand its potential health risks and the need for health care professionals to routinely talk to patients about cannabis use.

“I feel very confident [having the pharmacist involved], and I can say I do trust my pharmacist to do it. And I feel like my pharmacist may be the one to actually get me to stop smoking.”

Most alcohol-free and low alcohol beverages, even those described as zero alcohol or 0.0%, can legally contain very small levels of alcohol, typically less than 0.5%.