State AGs Pressure FDA for Abuse-Resistant Generic Pain Drugs

State AGs Pressure FDA for Abuse-Resistant Generic Pain Drugs

Filed under: Drug Abuse Texas

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 …
Read more on Pharmacy Practice News

 

MLB sues Fla. clinic over banned player drugs

Filed under: Drug Abuse Texas

MLB contends the clinic's operators solicited players to use banned substances knowing that would violate their contracts, specifically the drug prevention and treatment program that became effective in 2003. That program, part of … player drug use …
Read more on Sacramento Bee

 

Cornyn Wants Answers on Immigrants' Release

Filed under: Drug Abuse Texas

“[A]t least 700 of these detainees were directly released into Texas. We also know that at least 30 percent of these released detainees had criminal records — potentially including aggravated assault, financial crimes, theft, larceny, drug offenses …
Read more on Texas Tribune