VA urged to curb drug dispensing after ex-GI overdose
MACOMB AP The Veterans Administration faces calls to tighten hospital drug dispensing after Daniel Robbins, a Vietnam veteran, amassed thousands of prescribed pills from a St Louis VA facility and private doctors over eight years. Robbins died of an accidental overdose. police recovered more than 13 000 pills at his Macomb home, with records showing two thirds from the VA and the rest from private physicians.
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Forest Service tests napalm on forests near Gunnison
Forest Service uses napalm in a Regen effort near Gunnison Colorado to burn aging lodge pole pine and Douglas fir. Early test Tuesday failed as woods were too wet and winds contrary but officials plan continued helicopter drops to burn several thousand acres in Taylor River District.
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