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Associate Attorney General Brand Announces End To Use of Civil Enforcement Authority to Enforce Agency Guidance Documents https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/associate-attorney-general-brand-announces-end-use-civil-enforcement-authority-enforce-agency Today, as a follow-up to a memo issued by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in November, the Office of the Associate Attorney General issued a new policy that prohibits the Department of Justice from using its civil enforcement […]

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Senate Panel Considers Bill to Outlaw Handwritten Prescriptions http://iowapublicradio.org/post/senate-panel-considers-bill-outlaw-handwritten-prescriptions#stream/0 A three-member Senate panel is delaying a decision on a bill that would require all medical providers to electronically submit drug prescriptions to pharmacies. Sen. Tom Greene, (R-Burlington), who worked as a pharmacist, says the bill would help curb the abuse of opioids and other controlled […]

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Diarrhea Drug Imodium Swept Up in Opioid Crisis Under FDA Rules https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-30/diarrhea-drug-imodium-swept-up-in-opioid-crisis-under-fda-rules#ampshare=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-30/diarrhea-drug-imodium-swept-up-in-opioid-crisis-under-fda-rules Boxes of Johnson & Johnson’s popular antidiarrheal drug Imodium could soon contain far fewer caplets, under a U.S. Food and Drug Administration request that seeks to limit access of drug abusers to pills that can produce an opioid-like high.  The FDA has asked […]

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http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2018/01/heres_why_a_workers_comp_refor_1.html In a recent op-ed for PennLive, Dr. George L. Rodriguez, of the Injury Rehabilitation Centers of Pennsylvania, said that state lawmakers have the “gall” to claim that a bill now before the state House will help address our state’s opioid crisis. There is unmistakable evidence that this bill is good policy. In Ohio, when that […]

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https://www.newsmax.com/politics/jeff-sessions-dea-crackdown-pharmacies/2018/01/30/id/840376/ The Drug Enforcement Agency will launch a nationwide investigation of pharmacies and prescribers in response to the ongoing opioid crisis, Attorney General Jeff Sessions told agents on Tuesday. “DEA collects some 80 million transaction reports every year from manufacturers and distributors of prescription drugs. These reports contain information like distribution figures and inventory. DEA […]

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www.ahealingplacetheestates.com/2018/01/30/how-moral-failing-perpetuates-the-opioid-crisis/   The opioid epidemic has impacted this nation drastically in the past few years, and little has changed. Legislators, law enforcement, doctors, and families are still attempting to grasp the root of the issue in order to produce solutions that will halt overdose deaths. There are multiple layers to this issue which is why […]

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http://www.pharmacytimes.com/contributor/karen-berger/2018/01/oops-is-this-a-hipaa-violation A recent Facebook discussion I found very interesting occurred in a chain pharmacy. Apparently, that day, the staff was filling quite a few antidepressant prescriptions and a pharmacy staff member joked something along the lines of ‘it must be depression day.’ In the waiting area one of the patients filling an antidepressant was extremely […]

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