NACDS Submits Comments to President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

NACDS Submits Comments to President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/17/07/p9759366/nacds-submits-comments-to-presidents-commission-on-combating-drug-addic National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) President and CEO Steven C. Anderson, IOM, CAE, submitted official comments to the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, which is chaired by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie. President […]

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ANYONE NOTICE A PATTERN HERE ??? DEA REPEATEDLY VIOLATING LAWS ?

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

The DEA Are Violating Federal Law Over Recent CBD Claim www.herb.co/2017/07/10/dea-cbd/ The DEA is trying to buckle down on medical cannabis components. However, the legality of CBD products, sourced from industrial hemp with 0.3% THC, became solid by the 2013 Farm Bill, signed into law by then President Obama. But that isn’t stopping them from violating […]

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FDA says physicians will have to receive training to prescribe opioid painkillers

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

FDA says physicians will have to receive training to prescribe opioid painkillers www.pulseheadlines.com/fda-physicians-receive-training-prescribe-opioid-painkillers/65025/ The Food and Drug Administration proposed on Monday new guidelines to fight the growing opioid epidemic that’s hitting the U.S., and pledged to make it its priority.  FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced plans to require manufacturers of immediate-release painkillers to provide thorough […]

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FDA Chief Says Agency Must Do More to Stop Abuse of Opioids

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FDA Chief Says Agency Must Do More to Stop Abuse of Opioids https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-10/fda-chief-says-agency-must-do-more-to-stop-abuse-of-opioids The U.S.’s top drug regulator said on Monday that more must be done to stem the country’s tide of opioid addiction, proposing new guidelines and restrictions on some of the most widely used pain pills. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb […]

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Medication mistakes are on the rise, leading to more serious health problems

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Medication mistakes are on the rise, leading to more serious health problems http://www.cbsnews.com/news/medication-mistakes-causing-more-health-problems-overdoses/ Every minute of every day, three Americans call a poison control center because they’ve made a major mistake with their medication. Some have taken the wrong dose. Some have double-dosed, and others have taken the wrong medicine altogether. The result: the rate […]

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DEA has created a litany of new duties on questionable statutory or regulatory basis.

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

A Call to Duty: DEA Practitioner Registrants Beware—DEA Wants You! http://www.fdalawblog.net/fda_law_blog_hyman_phelps/2017/07/a-call-to-duty-dea-practitioner-registrants-bewaredea-wants-you.html By John A. Gilbert, Jr. & Andrew J. Hull – Individual practitioners represent more than ninety percent of the approximately 1.6 million DEA registrants. We believe it fair to say that of all the types of DEA registrants (e.g., manufacturers, distributors, importers, etc.), individual […]

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