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Latest News as @ Friday, March 12, 2010

NASCSA News: Friday, March 12, 2010

..STATE REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
..2010

»	SRD January 2010 - March 3, 2010 » January 2010 State regulatory Update ... [view]

»	SRD February 2010 - March 3, 2010 » February 2010 State Regulatory Update ... [view]

.2009

»	SRD December 2009 - January 3, 2010 » December 2009 State Regulatory Update ... [view]

»	SRD November 2009 - November 29, 2009 » November 2009 State Regulatory Update ... [view]

»	SRD October 2009 - October 30, 2009 » October 2009 State Regulatory Update ... [view]

»	SRD July 2009 - July 31, 2009 » July 2009 State Regulatory Update ... [view]

»	SRD May 2009 - June 2, 2009 » May 2009 State Regulatory Developments ... [view]

»	SRD April 2009 - April 1, 2009 » April 2009 State Regulatory Update ... [view]

»	SRD March 2009 - March 1, 2009 » March 2009 State Regulatory Update ... [view]

»	SRD February 2009 - February 1, 2009 » February 2009 State Regulatory Update ... [view]

»	SRD January 2009 - January 1, 2009 » Janauary 2009 State Regulatory Update ... [view]

.DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
.Website

»	Diversion Control Website - May 17, 2009 »

Federal Register

»	Scheduling of 3 Steroids - December 10, 2009 » 3 Anabolic steroids Placed in Schedule III ... [view]

»	Proposed Rules for Carisoprodol - November 18, 2009 » Dea Proposes Placement in Schedule IV ... [view]

»	Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking - September 11, 2009 » Identification of Institution-based Individual Practitioners ... [view]

»	Ryan Haight Act - April 1, 2009 » DEA Interim Final Rule re Online Pharmacy Act ... [view]

»	DEA Proposal on E-Prescribing - June 27, 2008 » Federal Register Announcement E-prescribing ... [view]

.FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION
.Website

»	FDA Website - May 17, 2009 » Enter Description ... [view]

News

»	FDA Approves Embeda - August 16, 2009 » Rx Pain Killer Designed to Thwart Tampering ... [view]

»	FDA Issues Draft Rules on Drug Identifiers - July 15, 2009 » Designd to Prevent Drug Counterfeiting ... [view]

»	Acetaminophen Overdoses - July 1, 2009 » FDA Experts Call For Ban On Vicodin, Percocet ... [view]

»	FDA Acts to Halt Certain RX Narcotics - March 31, 2009 » FDA Acts to Halt Marketing of Certain Unapproved Prescription Narcotic Drugs ... [view]

.NATIONAL INSTITUTE on DRUG ABUSE
.Website

»	NIDA Website - May 17, 2009 » Enter Description ... [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 » Enter Description ... [view]

News

»	Prescription Opioid-related Deaths - May 20, 2009 » Increased 114 Percent from 2001 to 2005 ... [view]

»	Methresources.Gov - May 18, 2009 » Website Dedicated to Topic of Methamphetamine Abuse ... [view]

.SAMHSA
.Website

»	SAMHSA Website - May 17, 2009 » Enter Description ... [view]

News

»	SAMHSA Issues Report on Drug Abuse - September 12, 2009 » 2008 National Survey on Drug use & Health ... [view]

NEWS of NOTE
General

»	Pain Management - February 25, 2010 » TIME/CNN: Are Doctors Too Reluctant to Prescribe Opioids? ... [view]

»	GAO 2009 Report: Medicaid - October 3, 2009 » Controlled Substances Fraud & Abuse in Selected States ... [view]

»	FDA Formally Approves Onsolis - July 17, 2009 » FDA Approval Pumps $27M into BDSI Pipeline ... [view]

»	Psychiatric Drug Sought on Streets - July 13, 2009 » Seroquel Growing in Popularity as Sedative ... [view]

»	Seattle Pharmacy Roberies - June 25, 2009 » Pharmacy Chains Partner with Feds to Investigate ... [view]

»	E-prescribing Support Urged - May 7, 2009 » Allow E-prescribing of Controlled Drugs,Key Senators Urge Obama Administration ... [view]

»	Utah Institutes Presribing Guidelines - March 27, 2009 » New Rules Aim to Stem Prescription Overdoses ... [view]

»	NASCSA Presents at FDA Conference - February 1, 2009 » NASCSA President at FDA Conference on Opioid Approvals ... [view]

»	New Website to Fight Rx Drug Abuse - December 1, 2008 » ATTCN Launches New Website to Fight Rx Drug Abuse ... [view]

»	Ryan Haight Act - October 2, 2008 » Ryan Haight Act will Require Tighter Restrictions on Internet Pharmacies ... [view]