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NASCSA NEWS

Federal

 News of Note
Diversion Control Website State Regulatory Developments
SRD April 2009
  SRD March 2009
  SRD-February 2009
  SRD-January 2009 
4/09 DEA Interim Final Rule re Ryan Haight Online
              Pharmacy Act		   SRD-December 2008
 SRD-November 2008 
1/09 DEA seeks comments regarding disposal of controlled
              substances by non-registrants		  
1/09  Rite Aide agrees to pay 5 million civil fine 5/09 Key Senators Urge Support for E-Prescriibing
9/08  NASCSA Response to DEA E-prescribing Proposal 3/09 Utah Institutes New Rules to Stem Rx Overdoses
10/08 American society of Health-Systems Pharmacists
                response to DEA E-prescribing proposal 		2/09 Council of State Governments
                re: accidental Rx drug overdoses
  6/08  DEA Proposes Rules on E Prescribing-Federal
               Register Announcement 		2//09 Rx Drug Overdoses - State Health officials respond
  6/08 DEA Press Release on Proposal for
                E-prescribing		 2/09 NASCSA president Karen Tannert makes presentation
                at FDA conference on review of opioid analgesics
12/07 DEA Congressional Testimony on E-Prescribing 2/09  AMnews: FDA/CDC Scrutiny Follows Accidental
               opioid overdoses
7/08 DEA to Pharmacies-Do not accept return of patient's
                 controlled drugs		 12/08 Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network
                Launches New Website to Fight Rx Drug Abuse
12/07 Agreement to limit distribution of 40 Methadone
                dispersible tabs		 12.08 Patterns of Abuse Among unintentional
               Pharmaceutical Overdose Fatalities-JAMA
11/07  DEA Final Ruling on Issuance of Multiple Rxs for
                 CII Drugs		 12/08 Study Shows Overdoses with Painkillers on the
                Rise
  6/07  DEA Notice to place Lisdexfetaine into schedule II 10/08 Ryan Haight Act will require Tighter
                restrictions on Internet Pharmacies
2/06   DEA Ruling re Practitioner Registration Requirement if
                Practicing in More Than One State 		2.08   Editorial-Patterns of Abuse Among unintentional
               Pharmaceutical Overdose Fatalities-JAMA
12/08 Study Shows Overdoses with Painkillers on the Rise
10/08 Ryan Haight Act will require Tighter restrictions on
                Internet Pharmacies
ONDCP Website 10/08 Cardinal Health to Pay Civil Fine for Drug Sales
1/09  President's 2009 National Drug Control Strategy 10/08 Cardinal Tightens Drug Sales Oversight
1/08  ONDCP Launches Major Initiative to Combat Teen Rx
               Drug Abuse		 10/08 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Delay Ban on
                Faxed Prescriptions
 2/07 Federal Government issues new Guidelines for
               disposal of Rx drugs by public		   9/08 Las Vegas Sun:One Problem Behind Nevada's Problem
               with Narcotic Painkillers
  2/07 Teens & Rx Drug Abuse-Analysis of emerging drug
                threat  		9/08   Abuse-Resistant form of Oxycontin May be Near
         "MethResources.gov"-Website dedicated to
            methamphetamine abuse now available		 9/08  Forty-six Million Affected by Drugs in Drinking Water
        8/08  Forbes: Most Medicated States-Where you live has an
               impact on what's in your medicine cabinet
8/08  NY Times: Restrictions Placed on Dextromethorphan
7/08  Reuters: Growing prescription drug abuse in U.S.
 
               		  7/08 Reuters: Prescription drug abuse-more than kids
               getting high
        7/08 CDC:Non-pharmaceutical Fentanyl-Related Deaths in
              Multiple States: April 2005-March 2007
FDA Website 7/08 Reuters: U.S. Grapples with Rising Prescription
              Drug Addiction
3/09 FDA Info re Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategies
              for Certain Opioids		  
3/09 FDA Acts to Halt Marketing of Certain Unapproved
              Rx Narcotic Drugs		  
2/09 FDA to Implement New restrictions on Some Pain Meds  
9/08 FDA Won't Allow Cephalon to Expand use of Painkiller 7/08 Lexington Herald Leader: National Tracking System
              Urged for controlled drug prescriptions
9/07 FDA Takes Action to Stop Marketing of Unapproved
              Hydrocodone - Press Release    Fed Reg Announcement		 7/08 Bloomberg.com: Retail Electronic Prescription
             Networks Merging
  6/08 Florida Law Enforcement: Legal Drugs Kill More than
             Illegal Ones
SAMSHA Website 5/08 LA Times: Prescription Drug Abuse Supplanting Use of
              Illegal Drugs
9/08 National Survey on Drug Use & Health 4/08 Reuters: Program Helps Physicians Identify
              Drug Seekers
9/07 NASPER Report to Congress on Review of State Rx
              Monitoring Programs		 3/08 SF Chronicle: Three plead guilty in Florida steroid
              case/Clinic client list includes many top athletes
  3/08 CNN: Rx Drugs Found in Drinking Water
  2/08 CDC Report Increases in Poisoning and
              Methadone-Related Deaths: United States
              1999-2005 CDC Report
NIDA Website 2/08 Minneapolis Tribune: New Drug Dealers-Medicine
              Cabinets
"NIDA Notes" covers research and promotes communication among clinicians, researchers,
                    administrators, policymakers, and the public		 2/08 AP: Health Care Costs Uniting Employers & Lawmakers
              in Support of E-prescribing
NIDA News & Events Site 11/07 Drug Topics: Pharmacy Boards shifting to  treatment
               & rehab for pharmacists with addictions
1/08 NIDA Research Reveals Subconscious Signals Can
              Trigger Drug Craving Circuits		 7/07 USA Today Rising Painkiller Abuse Damages Lives
  6/07 Newsweek:The Changing Science of Pain
5/07 "Rogue" Internet Pharmacies Fueling Rx Abuse
          Panel Told
  2/07 National Survey on Drug Use & Health indicates that
              Rx drug abuse by teens continues
  1/07 IJIS Survey of States with PMP Re: Information
              exchange capabilities
  12/06 CDC author-Increasing Deaths from Opioid
               Analgesics in U.S.
  Medical use of Marijuana
4/06 FDA Press Release on Medical use of Marijuana
4/06 NY Times Article on medical use of Marijuana
  4/06 NY Times OpEd on Medical use of Marijuana
   

 

 

 

 

  
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