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#1 Beshear Bans Designer Xanax Drug in Kentucky as AGs Urge Emergency Action

Aug 20 2025 // Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear took emergency action Monday to ban the sale of “designer Xanax,” responding to a request from his state’s attorney general who is leading a broader effort to combat the highly...

#2 How Hurricanes, Fires and Floods Put Drugs and Medical Supplies at Risk

Aug 22 2025 // When Hurricane Helene barreled across several southern states last fall, it destroyed homes and killed more than 150 people. The storm also took out one of the country’s main factories producing intravenous fluid...

#3 EU Regulator Flags Surge in Online Sales of Counterfeit Weight-Loss Drugs

Sep 4 2025 // The European Union’s medicines regulator said on Wednesday there has been a surge in illegal medicines marketed as weight-loss and diabetes medicines online in recent months across the region, and warned about a...