Open Letter to California Legislators-Take This Bill and Shove It

++++I thought you readers would like to know about this++++ Dear Senate Appropriations Committee Member, I urge your NO vote on SB 1051 re: Diastat rectal gel administration by unlicensed personnel in our schools,grades K-12. Please consider the “elephant in the room” before you vote on this bill: Who does this bill really benefit? Is it  really the epileptic patient? (Or is it the School Districts, who seek to relieve themselves of legal liability? And the pharmaceutical company which gets to market more and more of the drug, as it expires every few months?) The Epilepsy Foundation...
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