State AGs Pressure FDA for Abuse-Resistant Generic Pain Drugs

State AGs Pressure FDA for Abuse-Resistant Generic Pain Drugs

Filed under: Drug Addiction Colorado

In a letter dated March 11 to the FDA, the group of 48 state attorneys general asked the agency to adopt drug development standards outlining how manufacturers of generic prescription painkillers should develop abuse- and tamper-resistant versions of …
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Shafer Commission Report on Marijuana and Drugs, Issued 40 Years Ago

Filed under: Drug Addiction Colorado

Social attitudes toward marijuana use seem to be fundamentally altered from the 1970s and 1980s with substantial majorities voting last fall to legalize marijuana in Washington and Colorado, and with state legislatures passing medical marijuana and …
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AP News in Brief at 4:58 a.m. EST

Filed under: Drug Addiction Colorado

The government also runs a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kachin state, but some here say officials have done far too little, and even accuse them of turning a blind eye to drug abuse to decimate young people who might otherwise become rebels. ___ …
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