The comment deadline on the agency's ANPRM is now July 17, after IATA and two other parties asked for more time.
Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg writes that the states "have an important role to play in addressing a critical driver of opioid abuse -- inappropriate prescribing practices. However, we can't just focus on one drug, Zohydro, alone."
The Community Preventive Services Task Force is recommending that jurisdictions where sobriety checkpoints are legal use publicized sobriety checkpoint programs because they are an effective way to reduce alcohol-impaired driving.
Participating agencies have taken more than 1,700 tons of unwanted or expired prescription medications out of circulation during the past three and a half years in this way.
Two Feb. 26 events illustrated the severity of the drug problem in West Virginia: a forum on the emerging heroin epidemic and a charge of illegal drug distribution by a man identified as the governor's brother.
Under the newly proposed rule, employers would have to check the clearinghouse before hiring new workers.
In his Feb. 4 "State of the State" speech, Maine Gov. Paul R. LePage said 927 drug-addicted babies were born in Maine last year -- representing more than 7 percent of all births.
The truth is employers still have the right to insist that employees be drug-free while at work.
University Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano's January message reminds the community that legalizing recreational marijuana in the state has not made it legal on the Boulder campus.
They have a high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision. This action is a precursor to permanent listing.
The agency approves Farxiga tablets, designed to help glycemic control.
The organization releases a report suggesting that neonicotinoids may affect the development of the nervous system.
Several companies already are operating recreational marijuana tours. The state's ski industry may benefit from more tourists this year, as well.
The two organizations launch a generic drug inspection initiative to support drug approvals.
The drug, which is currently the industry’s best hope for treating Alzheimer’s, moves to big trials.
Quest Diagnostics released an overview of the first quarter-century of experience with the Drug-Free Workplace Act, more than 125 million urine tests in all, and showed overall use of most drugs has fallen significantly.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's Advisory Council on Substance Abuse has voted to support legislation that would make pseudoephedrine medications available by prescription only.
Vandalism, car thefts, and impaired driving increase on the spookiest night of the year.
The FDA has approved a powerful pain killer, Zohydro, and many are worried about the likelihood of it being abused.
Beneficiaries of the TRICARE health plan at several military bases also can participate in the 7th National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Oct. 26.