Drug stores and pharmacies in Painted Post are charged with ensuring safe and effective use of pharmaceutical drugs. The scope of their practice includes more traditional roles such as compounding and dispensing medications, services related to health care, including clinical services, reviewing medications for safety and efficacy, and providing drug information. They are experts on drug therapy and are the primary health professionals who optimize medication use to provide patients with positive health outcomes. They commonly sell not only medicines but also items such as sweets/candies, cosmetics, magazines, as well as light refreshments or groceries.

What’s the Harm? Studies Show GMOs May Cause Plenty

  Written by:  Lee Ann Rush Recent legislation dubbed the “Monsanto Protection Act” has put the controversy over genetically engineered (GE) foods* back into the headlines, as research continues to identify more and more negative effects resulting from the proliferation of these “Frankencrops.”   GE foods are those which have had their genetic composition altered in order to add a “desirable” trait..