Tag: drugs
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Decongestant prescription bill passes panel; both parties split
After hearing an endorsement from Kentucky’s senior member of Congress, and opposition from the wife of another Republican congressman, a state Senate committee voted 6-4 to require precriptions for decongestants...
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State legislator wants to mandate drug testing for recipients of Medicaid, food stamps and other entitlements
A Republican legislator wants to make recipients of government entitlement programs, including Medicaid, take random drug tests in order to keep getting help. House Bill 208, which proposes the drug screening,...
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Florida is slow to close valves on ‘pill pipeline’
The “pill pipeline” from Florida to Central Appalachia and other regions has not been closed despite the passage of laws in Florida to tighten controls on prescription painkillers, Bill Estep...