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..STATE REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS

..2011
  » SRD November 2011 - December 5, 2011 » November 2011 State Regulatory Developments ... [view]
  » SRD October 2011 - November 18, 2011 » October 2011 State Regulatory Developments  ... [view]
  » SRD September 2011 - November 17, 2011 » September 2011 State Regulatory Developments ... [view]
  » SRD August 2011 - September 14, 2011 » August 2011 State Regulatory Developments ... [view]
  » SRD July 2011 - August 18, 2011 » July 2011 State Regulatory Developments ... [view]
  » SRD June 2011 - July 20, 2011 » June 2011 State Regulatory Developments ... [view]
  » SRD May 2011 - July 19, 2011 » May 2011 State Regulatory Developments ... [view]
  » SRD April 2011 - July 18, 2011 » April 2011 State Regulatory Developments ... [view]
  » SRD February 2011 - April 27, 2011 » February 2011 State Regulatory Developments ... [view]
  » SRD March 2011 - April 27, 2011 » March 2011 State Regulatory Developments ... [view]
  » SRD January 2011 - February 13, 2011 » January 2011 State Regulatory Developments ... [view]

.2010
  » SRD December 2010 - January 22, 2011 » December 2010 State Regulatory Developments ... [view]
  » SRD November 2010 - January 18, 2011 » November 2010 State Regulatory Developments ... [view]
  » SRD October 2010 - November 10, 2010 » October 2010 State Regulatory Developments ... [view]
  » SRD August 2010 - October 12, 2010 » August 2010 State Regulatory Developments ... [view]
  » SRD September 2010 - October 12, 2010 » September 2010 State regulatory Developments ... [view]
  » SRD July 2010 - August 7, 2010 » July 2010 State Regulatory Developmemts ... [view]
  » SRD June 2010 - August 6, 2010 » June 2010 State Regulatory Developments ... [view]
  » SRD May 2010 - May 31, 2010 » May 2010 State Regulatory Developments ... [view]
  » SRD April 2010 - May 3, 2010 » April 2010 State Regulatory Developments ... [view]
  » SRD March 2010 - April 15, 2010 » March 2010 State Regulatory Developments ... [view]
  » SRD January 2010 - March 3, 2010 » January 2010 State regulatory Update ... [view]

.DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION

.Website
  » Diversion Control Website - May 17, 2009 » Click to access ... [view]

Federal Register
  » Ezogabine Scheduled - December 15, 2011 » DEA Places into Schedule V ... [view]
  » Carisoprodol Scheduled - December 11, 2011 » Carisoprodol Placed into SChedule IV ... [view]
  » Bath Salts - October 25, 2011 » Now Under Federal Control and Regulation  ... [view]
  » DEA Schedules Cathinones - September 9, 2011 » Temporarily placed into Schedule I ... [view]

News
  » Carisoprodol - January 11, 2012 » Information on Carisoprodol Prescriptions ... [view]
  » DEA Prescription Monitoring Link - June 1, 2010 » DEA website containing info on prescription monitoring programs ... [view]

.FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION

.Website
  » FDA Website - May 17, 2009 » Click to access ... [view]

News
  » FDA Request for Comment - November 29, 2011 » Draft Blueprint for Opoid Prescriber Education ... [view]
  » Federal Register Announcement - November 29, 2011 » Role of Naloxone in Overdose Prevention ... [view]
  » FDA Drug Approval - November 29, 2011 » First insomnia drug for middle of night waking ... [view]
  » FDA Drug Safety & Risk Management - July 7, 2010 » Advisory Committee Information ... [view]

.NATIONAL INSTITUTE on DRUG ABUSE

.Website
  » NIDA Website - May 17, 2009 » Click to access ... [view]

NewsScan
  » NIDA News & Events Site - May 17, 2009 » Enter Description ... [view]

Notes
  » NIDA Addiction Research News - May 17, 2009 » Enter Description ... [view]

.OFFICE of NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

.Website
  » ONDCP Website - May 17, 2009 » Click to access ... [view]

News
  » ONDCP Report - August 12, 2011 » Responding to America's Rx Drug Abuse Crisis ... [view]
  » Drug Control Strategy - August 12, 2011 » ONDCP 2011 National Drug Control Strategy ... [view]
  » ONDCP Update - March 15, 2010 » ONDCP Update - January 2010 ... [view]
  » Methresources.Gov - May 18, 2009 » Website Dedicated to Topic of Methamphetamine Abuse ... [view]

.SAMHSA

.Website
  » SAMHSA Website - May 17, 2009 » Click to access ... [view]

News
  » 2009 DAWN Report - January 17, 2011 » Drug-Related Emergency Department Visits ... [view]

NEWS of NOTE

General
  » KY Pseudoephedrine - January 23, 2012 » Stop Sale System Blocks Illegal Sales ... [view]
  » Shake and Bake - January 23, 2012 » Meth Fills Hospitals With Burn Patients ... [view]
  » New Jersey PMP - January 19, 2012 » NJ to put a lid on pain pills ... [view]
  » Adderall - January 17, 2012 » Mother's New Little Helper ... [view]
  » NY Oxycodone - January 12, 2012 » Rxs Rose by 82 Percent From 2007 to 2010 ... [view]
  » Maine Task Force - January 6, 2012 » Report proposes attack on pain pill abuse ... [view]
  » Dextromethorphan Abuse - January 3, 2012 » CA Law Targets Cough Medicine ... [view]
  » PMP Funding - January 3, 2012 » Washington State PMP Funding Debate ... [view]
  » Opioid Abuse - January 3, 2012 » Is American Pain Foundation Bias ... [view]
  » Altered Spice - January 2, 2012 » Spice Makers Sidestep State Laws ... [view]
  » AMA on Opioid Abuse - December 22, 2011 » AMA Suports Use of Rx Monitoring Programs ... [view]
  » New York City - December 14, 2011 » Mayor Moves Against Drugs ... [view]
  » Politics of Pain - December 13, 2011 » Part 1 Washington State Pain Control ... [view]
  » Politics of Pain - December 13, 2011 » Part 2 Washington State Pain Control ... [view]
  » American Medical Assn - November 29, 2011 » Will Promote Training on Controlled Drugs ... [view]
  » NY Serialized Prescriptions - November 18, 2011 » Theft and Counterfeiting Becoming an Issue ... [view]
  » Pill Mills - November 5, 2011 » States target prescriptions by Pill Mills ... [view]
  » Linking PMP Databases - November 5, 2011 » States Link Databases to Fight Drug Abuse ... [view]
  » New Website to Fight Rx Drug Abuse - December 1, 2008 » ATTCN Launches New Website to Fight Rx Drug Abuse ... [view]