US Accuses Walgreens of Filling Millions of Illegitimate Prescriptions, Including for Opioids
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit accusing Walgreens of filling millions of prescriptions for Americans over the last decade and more without a legitimate purpose, including for dangerou ...
Lawmakers push to reclassify fentanyl to highest level of drug restrictions
The bill would permanently classify the opioid as Schedule 1 under the Controlled Substances Act, joining drugs such as heroin and LSD.
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Walgreens sued by DOJ, alleging it knowingly filled illegal prescriptions, including 'dangerous' opioids
Walgreens is accused of filling millions of illegal prescriptions in a violation of the Controlled Substances Act and then trying ... "We will not stand by and allow the government to put our ...
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US accuses Walgreens of filling unlawful opioid prescriptions
The lawsuit alleged that by knowingly filling unlawful prescriptions for controlled substances, Walgreens violated the Controlled Substances Act. The government also ... “We will not stand by and ...
Senators introduce HALT Fentanyl Act to combat deadly drug trafficking and overdose crisis
Bill Cassidy (R-La.), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced the bipartisan Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentan ...
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DEA Proposes Three-Tiered Special Registration System for Prescribing and Dispensing of Controlled Substances
On January 15, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) issued a series of rules relating ...