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Congress Pressures FDA to Finalize Opioid Guidance Threatens to shift $20 million from agency if abuse-deterrent guidance isn’t settled by June http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/Addictions/50541?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-03-19&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyHeadlines&utm_source=ST&eun=g578717d0r& The FDA will publish its long-awaited guidance on abuse-deterrent opioids by the end of June, in order to avoid a $20 million cut in funds to the commissioner’s office threatened by Congress. An […]

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The DEA Is Seizing Cash Without Warrants In Its Version Of Stop-and-Frisk http://www.forbes.com/sites/instituteforjustice/2015/03/19/the-dea-is-seizing-cash-without-warrants-in-its-version-of-stop-and-frisk/ Federal drug agents may be racially profiling and unjustly seizing cash from travelers in the nation’s airports, bus stations and train stations. A new report released by the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Justice examined the Drug […]

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For the last 100 yrs – or so – we have had a relative equilibrium in the number of people abusing some substance – other than alcohol or tobacco – about 1%-2% of the population. Why would drug dealers create a more lethal mix of Heroin and Fentanyl… that is the craziest “business plan” I […]

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