In a letter to the DEA, ASHP and its partners pointed out that pharmacists in five states — Colorado, Iowa, Nevada, North Dakota and Oregon — are authorized to prescribe controlled substances but are ...

In the DEA’s rule, a provider can prescribe a total of six months worth of medication, beyond which it has to evaluate a patient in person or else cease prescription of the controlled substance.

Prescriptions Plus, a pharmacy in Gastonia, N.C., has agreed to pay $204,000 to resolve allegations of violating the Controlled Substances Act.

The irony of it all is not lost. A former senior DEA who testified before Congress on the government’s efforts to stop the opioid epidemic is now paid to advise one of the largest opioid manufacturers ...

Montana lawmakers are grappling with how — if at all — the state should rein in kratom, an unregulated plant-derived ...

The mobile labs are capable of being deployed anywhere in Arizona. This provides the DEA with the flexibility to test drugs ...

DEA crackdown on El Paso fentanyl drug dealers continues. One is sentenced. Another could face 20 years after customer dies.

The institute asked the DEA to determine that Aggarwal’s proposed use of the drug wasn’t subject to registration requirements under the Controlled Substances Act or to grant a waiver of those ...

A 23-year-old mother has been charged with second-degree murder over her child's fentanyl-related death that happened last ...

Chung, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Atlanta Field Division of the DEA. Prescriptions Plus has taken steps to improve its compliance with the Controlled Substances Act by implementing new ...