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Office of Diversion Control Website 6/27/08 DEA Proposes Rules on  E Prescribing Federal Register Announcement 6/27/08 DEA Press Release on Proposal for E-prescribing 12/07 DEA Congressional Testimony on E Prescribing DEA to Pharmacies - Do not accept return of patient's controlled drugs National Forensic Laboratory           Information Systems (NFLIS) 11/06  - Reports on controlled drug use   Annual Report - Downloadable "exe" file [Click here]   All reports - [Click here] DEA Federal Register notices 12/07 Agreement to limit distribution of 40 Methadone dispersible tabs 11/07 DEA Final Ruling on Issuance of Multiple Rxs for CII Drugs 6/07 DEA Notice to place Lisdexfetaine into schedule II 12/06 DEA Ruling re Practitioner Reg Requirement if Practicing in More Than One State 9/06 Information on Self-certification for retail sales of List 1 chemicals 9/06 DEA issues proposed rule re: Issuance of multiple CII Rxs 8/06 DEA publishes final rules concerning changes in registration fees to handle controlled drugs and list 1 chemicals - changes effective 11/1/06 8/06 Q&A regarding Rx monitoring Programs 6/06 General Outline of Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005 ONDCP Website 1/08 ONDCP Launches Major Initiative to Combat Teen Rx Drug Abuse 10/07 New Healthcare Codes Will Mainstream Substance Abuse Screening 2/07 Federal Gov't issues new Guidelines for disposal of Rx drugs by public 2/07 Teens & Rx Drug Abuse - Analysis of emerging drug threat 8/06 (Meth Resources) Website dedicated to methamphetamine abuse now available FDA Website 9/07 FDA Takes Action to Stop Marketing of Unapproved Hydrocodone Products    Press release    Fed Register Announcement 2/07 Consumer Alert re: Purchase of misrepresented drugs on internet 12/06 FDA Issues Public Health Advisory regarding methadone use in pain control 8/05 FDA approves strengthened risk management plan for Accutane and generic isotretinoin   SAMHSA Website 9/07 NASPER Report to Congress on review of State Rx Monitoring programs 11/06 Dawn Reports - ER Visits related to Dextromethorphan 11/06  How Young Adults Obtain Rx Pain Relievers for NonMedical Use 6/06 News Release: Increase in initiation of nonmedical use of pain releivers 5/06 Press Release: SAMHSA releases report containing data on drug-related ER visits To access DAWN Report [Click here]	CDC Report 2/08 Increases in Poisoning and Methadone-Related Deaths: United States, 1999-2005 7/07 USA Today Rising Painkiller Abuse damages Lives 6/07 The Changing Science of Pain               Newsweek 6/4/07 5/07 'Rogue' Internet Pharmacies Fueling Rx Abuse, Panel Told   1/07 IJIS Survey of States with PMP Re: Information exchange capabilities - final report 2/07 National Survey on Drug use & health indicates that Rx drug abuse by teens continues 12/06 CDC author - Increasing Deaths from Opiod Analgesics in U.S. 12/06 CA Kaiser too Fund Study re Allowing Real-time Access to Prescribing Records 9/06 Report of Committee studying merger of NASCSA & Alliance of States with Rx Monitoring Programs 7/06 Testimony of Danna Droz, Chairman of NASCSA Exec. Committee, at DEA hearing on need for separate Federal standards for regulating  electronic prescriptions for controlled drugs    -Testimony    - Supporting Powerpoint 6/05 Federal Appeals Court Vacates Oxycontin Ruling of 2005 Medical use of Marijuana 4/06 FDA Press Release on Medical use of Marijuaua 4/06 NYTimes Article on medical use of Marijuana 4/06 NYTimes OpEd on Medical use of M06ijuana  National Alliance for Model      State Drug Laws   3/06 Update on prescription monitoring program activity 3/06 NAMSDL update on state PMP legislative activity 1/06 Purdue Pharma L.P. and Denver Health announce acquisition of Researched Abuse, Diversion & Addiction Related Surveillance System (RADARS State News PENSYLVANIA 5/08 Bill passed allowing redispensing of cancer drugs TEXAS FDA letter outlines position on distribution of compounded drugs re: Texas legislation WASHINGTON Pilot program for discard of prescription drugs by public	7/08 Growing prescription drug abuse in U.S. 7/08 Prescription drug abuse more than kids getting high 7/08 CDC - Nonpharmaceutical Fentanyl-Related Deaths --- Multiple States, April 2005--March 2007   7/08 Reuters: U.S. Grapples with Rising Prescription Drug Addiction 7/08 Colorado Moves to Stop Prescription Drug Abuse 7/08 National Tracking System Urged for controlled drug prescriptions 7/08 Retail Electronic Prescription Networks Merging 6/08 Florida Law Enforcement States - Legal Drugs Kill More than Illegal Ones 5/08LA Times - Prescription Drug Abuse Supplanting Use of llegal Drugs 4/08 Program Helps Physicians ID Drug Seekers 3/08 3 plead guilty in Florida steroid case/Clinic operators client list includes many top athletes 3/08 Rx Drugs Found in Drinking Water 2/08 New Drug Dealers - Medicine Cabinets 2/08 Health Care Costs Uniting Employers & Lawmakers in Support of E-prescribing 11/07 Pharmacy Boards shifting to  treatment & rehab for pharmacists with drug/alcohol problems 6/07 NYTimes  - When is a Doctor a Drug-pusher? 6/07 Portlland, Maine - Drive seeks safe disposal of unwanted meds 3/07 Alabama defines butalbital containing products as schedule III controlled drugs 3/07 USA Today Misuse of Rx drugs Linked to More ER Visits NYTimes - Growing Epidemic of Deadly Counterfeit Life-saving Drugs
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1/08 NIDA Research Reveals Subconscious Signals Can Trigger Drug Craving Circuits