Latest Drugs Headlines
All the headlines from our Drugs Topic Page, ordered by recency.
SUV Test Drive in Texas Turns Into Drug Deal
Jan 18 2013 // A man who took a $40,000 SUV on an unauthorized test drive in Central Texas has been accused of selling the vehicle for two rocks of crack cocaine. Travis County Jail records show 50-year-old Carlos Sergio Valdes was being...
Kentucky AG Conway Touts Progress in Curbing Prescription Drug Abuse
Jan 17 2013 // Kentucky is making progress in curbing an epidemic of prescription drug abuse, Attorney General Jack Conway told political leaders from across the nation this week. Conway briefed the National Governor’s Association...
Drug-Related DUI Arrests Increase in Arizona
Jan 16 2013 // An Arizona highway safety official says the percentage of DUI arrests related to prescription and illegal drugs is up even as overall DUI arrests go down. The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety says the number of...
Kentucky Case Seeks to Hold Oxycontin Makers Accountable
Jan 15 2013 // Oxycontin has become so pervasive in eastern Kentucky the drug was dubbed “Heroin of the Hills.” Now, after years of struggling to combat the abuse of the narcotic, Kentucky officials are getting a chance to...
Florida Doctors Dispute Workers’ Compensation Drug Cost Claim
Jan 10 2013 // Florida doctors are disputing a state report saying drugs dispensed by physicians directly to patients are raising workers’ compensation rates. The Florida Medical Association said in a statement issued that doctors...
Mississippi Pharmacists Battle Benefit Managers, Mail Order Drug Firms
Jan 10 2013 // Pharmacists want Mississippi lawmakers to force an end to limits on where people covered by certain insurance plans can get prescriptions filled. However, lobbyists for some pharmacy benefit managers say the state...
Worker’s Comp Reforms, Portable Persistency Top West’s 2012 Headlines
Dec 31 2012 // Dec. 21, 2012 came and went and the apocalypse was so lackluster as to be forgotten among the year’s myriad headlines. Now that we are all well and good, and past doomsday, here are Insurance Journal’s best...
Dozens Sue Pharmacy but Compensation Uncertain, Tenn. Attorney Says
Dec 17 2012 // Dennis O’Brien rubs his head as he details ailments triggered by the fungal meningitis he developed after a series of steroid shots in his neck: nausea, vomiting, dizziness, drowsiness, blurred vision, exhaustion and...
Montana Woman Fights DUI With Date-Rape Drug Defense
Nov 27 2012 // The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that a Missoula woman charged with drunken driving should have the opportunity to present evidence she was given a date rape drug and that her actions were involuntary. Leigh...
Hobby Lobby Appeals Morning-After Pill Decision
Nov 27 2012 // Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. is asking a federal appeals court to block part of the federal health care law that requires the Christian family-owned arts and crafts company to provide insurance coverage for emergency...
Drugged Driving Bigger Problem Than Drunk Driving in California
Nov 21 2012 // A statewide survey shows there are more drugged drivers than drunken drivers on California roads during the weekend. The California Office of Traffic Safety said Monday that 14 percent of drivers surveyed tested positive...
Obamacare Rules on Pre-Existing Conditions, Benefits, Wellness Released
Nov 21 2012 // The Obama administration on Tuesday proposed new health insurance rules aimed at ending discrimination against the sick and guaranteeing minimum benefits for millions of Americans who are expected to obtain coverage under...
West Virginia Employers Seek Solutions for Drugs in Workplace
Nov 19 2012 // They might have red eyes and constricted pupils. They might be nodding off at their desk, if they show up at all. They might not be as certain as they should with a heavy piece of machinery, or maybe have let their...
Meningitis Outbreak Spurs Calls to Boost Pharmacy Oversight
Nov 14 2012 // U.S. and state health regulators called on Congress on Tuesday to strengthen federal oversight of compounding pharmacies as lawmakers prepared for two days of hearings on a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak linked to a...
West Virginia Employers Seek Solutions for Drugs in Workplace
Nov 8 2012 // They might have red eyes and constricted pupils. They might be nodding off at their desk, if they show up at all. They might not be as certain as they should with a heavy piece of machinery, or maybe have let their...
Newspaper: Texas’ Oversight of Compounded Drugs Falling Off
Nov 6 2012 // Budget cuts have reduced the number of pharmacies in Texas whose compounded drugs are tested in a state program that’s aimed at ensuring patient safety, a newspaper has reported. The Austin American-Statesman said...
Report: FDA Needs New Authority Over Compounding Pharmacies
Nov 5 2012 // The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s power to regulate compounded drugs similar to those linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak is legally nonbinding and lacks the authority of stringent standards imposed on drug...
Huge Drug Recall Latest Fallout in Meningitis Outbreak
Nov 1 2012 // Ameridose, a sister company of the U.S. pharmacy linked to a meningitis outbreak that has killed 29 people, announced on Wednesday a voluntary recall of all its products, a move to cooperate with regulators that could...
FDA Needs New Authority Over Compounding Pharmacies: Report
Oct 29 2012 // The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s power to regulate compounded drugs similar to those linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak is legally nonbinding and lacks the authority of stringent standards imposed on drug...
Meningitis Toll Rises; Pharmacy Owners Sued
Oct 22 2012 // Executives at the Boston-area pharmacy whose steroid shots have been linked to a deadly U.S. meningitis outbreak have been sued in a bid to freeze their personal assets, while the death toll in the scandal rose to 21, with...
