Latest Drugs Headlines
All the headlines from our Drugs Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Unsafe Truck, Bus Operators Told to Shut Down Are Still on Roads
Aug 3 2009 // Hundreds of tractor-trailer and bus companies ordered to shut down because of federal safety violations ranging from suspended licenses to possible drug use have stayed on the road by using different names, investigators...
Mini Reasons to Stay Sober
Jul 20 2009 // The survey showed a decline in the percentage of legally intoxicated drivers, but for the first time used screening techniques that detected other substances as well. My husband and I recently bought ourselves a new car...
Fewer Drunk Drivers on U.S. Roads; Concern Rises Over Drugged Drivers
Jul 13 2009 // A new roadside survey by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirms a continuing decline in the percentage of legally intoxicated drivers. In 1973, 7.5 percent of drivers had a blood alcohol concentration...
Louisiana Supreme Court: Payment by Insurer Establishes Liability
Jul 6 2009 // The Louisiana Supreme Court recently reversed the decision of trial and appeals courts, which had ruled in favor of an insurer in a case involving an uninsured/underinsured motorist. In Marco Demma, III v. Automobile Club...
Union General Insurance Offers Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Market
Jun 29 2009 // Union General Insurance Services Inc. of Concord, Calif., has an alcohol and drug abuse treatment facility market available to California agents. An “A+” rated carrier is offering coverage for facilities...
Judge Says Feds Can Seize $30 Million from Kentucky Diet Scam Lawyers
Jun 22 2009 // Federal prosecutors may seize $30 million and three bank accounts from a pair of Kentucky lawyers convicted of bilking clients in a diet-drug settlement, a judge says. U.S. District Judge Danny Reeves on Thursday granted...
Obama Curtails Bush-Era Federal Preemption of States By Regulation
May 22 2009 // The Obama White House this week undid a Bush administration policy that used federal regulations to undermine various state health, safety and environmental laws. Many of the federal regulations limited the ability of...
Pennsylvania Law Gives Prescription Power to Nurse-Midwives
Apr 13 2009 // A Pennsylvania law that empowers hundreds of nurse-midwives to prescribe drugs finally is in effect, ending the Keystone State’s distinction as the only state that barred the practice. Gov. Ed Rendell signed the bill...
Michigan Lawmakers Seek to Change Drug Maker Liability Law
Mar 20 2009 // Michigan House Democrats again are trying to change Michigan’s law shielding prescription drug makers from legal liability if their product was approved by the Food and Drug Administration. A House committee approved...
Wyeth Ruling Could Bring Improved Drug Safety, More Lawsuits
Mar 9 2009 // A Supreme Court ruling this week that federal approval of a drug is no protection from lawsuits in state courts could make drugmakers more cautious about safety issues and may lead them to halt development of some...
Shrinking Budgets Stem Fraud Fighting Efforts
Mar 9 2009 // Fewer Fraud Bills To Be Debated in West With the downtrodden economy rumbling through the West, momentous and game-changing fraud bills will be in short supply this year. Lawmakers’ time and patience will be soaked...
U.S. Supreme Court: Drug Makers Liable Even With Warning Labels
Mar 4 2009 // The Supreme Court Wednesday ruled against the drugmaker Wyeth, holding that pharmaceutical companies can be held liable for harm from medicines which carry warnings approved by federal regulators. By a 6-3 vote, the high...
N. Idaho Insurance Agent Charged After Drug Raid
Feb 20 2009 // An insurance agent and prominent supporter of public schools in the northern Idaho city of Coeur d’Alene has been charged with felony cocaine possession. Idaho State Police say Jerry Carlson could face more charges...
Amid Super Bowl Fun, NFL Urged to Take Brain Damage Risk Seriously
Jan 29 2009 // When the question was posed — ever worry that the sport you love could ruin your brain? — Hines Ward shrugged it off as though it was nothing more than one of those pesky cornerbacks trying to keep him from...
Georgia Governor Seeks Limits on Biotech Lawsuits to Attract Firms
Jan 28 2009 // Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue is proposing tort reform legislation intended to protect Georgia-based biotech companies from product liability claims. The proposed legislation would provide that Federal Drug Administration...
Course Outlines What Companies Should NOT Put in Emails
Jan 16 2009 // Companies are increasingly wanting to avoid embarrassing internal emails containing concerns that an important product may be harmful, or documents that could attract the attention of an ambitious prosecutor. The Medical...
North Carolina Blue Cross Drops Co-Pays to Encourage Generic Drugs
Dec 9 2008 // North Carolina’s largest health insurance company is providing free generic prescription drugs to about 1 million members. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Monday that Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans to...
Kansas University Research Center Sues National Institutes of Health
Nov 25 2008 // The University of Kansas Center for Research has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that two of its researchers should be listed on patents for a cancer drug. The research center sued the National Institutes of Health...
Drugmakers’ Bid for Lawsuit Limits Heard by U.S. Supreme Court Today
Nov 3 2008 // The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a closely watched case that could limit liability claims against drugmakers if one of their medicines causes harm. The case pits drug giant Wyeth against a guitarist who lost...
Court: Pharmacy Can Be Liable for Dispensing Withdrawn Drugs
Nov 2 2008 // While nearly 100 pharmacists and the hospitals they work for face fines for failing to remove a blood thinner from their shelves after a federal recall last winter according to the California state Board of Pharmacy. The...
