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Legal & Legislative Updates

• States Sue British Suboxone Manufacturer

  (December 16, 2016)

  (Winter 2016) Thirty-five states plus the District of Columbia have filed suit against a British drug company, claiming it attempted to withhold cheaper, generic forms of Suboxone (an opioid addiction […]

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• Native Americans Hit Hard by Opioid Epidemic

  (December 16, 2016)

  (Winter 2016) American Indian leaders from northern New Mexico have asked to meet with the Justice Department to discuss opioid drugs’ significant impact on their tribes. According to recent research […]

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• Naloxone’s Need (and Price) Spike

  (December 16, 2016)

  (Winter 2016) Forty-four states will split $53 million in federal grant monies to combat the nation’s widespread opioid abuse issue. The funding is earmarked for purchases of the overdose-reversal drug […]

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• Off-Shore Drug Labs One Step Ahead of Law

  (December 16, 2016)

  (Winter 2016) More than seven times more powerful than morphine, the man-made opioid known as “pink” can be found on the internet’s “dark web” as a pill, powder or nasal […]

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• Where Issues Intersect: Marijuana and Guns

  (December 16, 2016)

  (Winter 2016) Potential medical marijuana patients in legalized states may face a dilemma that reached the courts in California this year.  Do patients opt to use medical marijuana or own […]

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