Rasmussen: 56% of Americans Support Marijuana Legalization; 58% if it's in Pharmacies - Huffington Post

The latest public opinion poll to ask Americans about legalizing marijuana like alcohol and tobacco shows 56% agree with the idea, according to Rasmussen Reports.  The support for marijuana legalization rises if it is to be sold only in pharmacies: A new ...

Pharmacies can now give more shots - Boston Herald

BOSTON -- Massachusetts residents can now get more than just flu shots at the neighborhood pharmacy. A new policy adopted by state health regulators gives pharmacists the authority to administer 10 additional adult vaccines. They are for measles ...

Medicare billing flagged at 4 percent of U.S. pharmacies: government - YAHOO!

(Reuters) - A U.S. government examination found questionble billing practices for Medicare prescription drug coverage at 4 percent of American pharmacies, particularly independent retail drugstores. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) examined billing ...

Prices on the new generic Plavix vary widely, so shop around - Consumer Reports.org

Those looking to save on the new generic Plavix (clopidogrel) are in luck. We phoned 30 pharmacies around the U.S. and found the price for a month's supply of the 75 milligram (mg) dose varied from less than $15 at several Costco pharmacies to $ ...

Shoppers Drug Mart signs agreement to buy pharmacies from Paragon - Winnipeg Free Press

TORONTO - Shoppers Drug Mart Corp. (TSX:SC) has signed a $75-million agreement with Paragon Pharmacies Ltd. to purchase 19 retail pharmacies and three central fill pharmacies in Western Canada. The country's largest drug store chain made the purchase as ...

Debt-Hit Greece 'Running Out Of Medication' - Sky.com

Pharmacies in Greece were on strike earlier this week in protest at the government not paying them for medicines that should be free to customers. Many pharmacies now have huge debts to pharmaceutical companies for drugs they have handed out free of charge.

Storage, retrieval solution benefits pharmacies - Engineering News

Unit materials handling specialist Storsure has added two more independent pharmacies to its list of customers using German-manufactured Apostore automated dispensing machines, says Storsure director John Meiring. Apostore was rated one of Germany’s most ...

Cohasset stores with pharmacies can still sell cigarettes - Patriot Ledger

Cohasset’s three stores with pharmacies – CVS, Walgreens and Stop & Shop – can continue selling cigarettes and other tobacco products, voters decided Monday night. In a continuation of the May 12 town meeting, voters rejected a proposal by Cohasset ...

Babbitt's pharmacy victimized by fire, then the times - Marketplace.publicradio.org

Independent pharmacies still make up nearly half of all the pharmacies in rural Minnesota. But their numbers are dwindling, and chain stores are not moving in to take their place. Over the past three years, 55 independent pharmacies outside the ...

Shoppers Drug Mart Enters Into Agreement to Acquire Paragon Pharmacies - Yahoo Finance

TORONTO, May 22, 2012 /CNW/ - Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation (SC.TO) ("Shoppers" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Paragon Pharmacies Limited (PGN.V) ("Paragon") pursuant to which Shoppers has ...