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Arkansas has bought drugs it plans to use for lethal injections,… as it looks to end a decade-long hiatus on executions…law allows information on the drugs used in executions and the vendors supplying them to remain secret…reports said the drugs included midazolam,..

Traditional medicines like Suboxone and Methadone is (are) being sold on the streets to increase profits for addicts or drug dealers…With heroin's popularity back on the rise, addicts and dealers are using medicines to treat heroin addiction, like Suboxone and Methadone, to sell or trade on the black market..

Prosecutors say they have identified 11 new victims, including a woman who was drugged and raped, in the case of a Las Vegas doctor accused of videotaping sexual acts with an underage girl….Dr. Binh Minh Chung, `, appeared ….to increase his bail to $1 million… total of 28 counts..

Sterigenics International LLC …agreed to pay $450,000 to settle allegations by the..Department of Justice…failed to keep and maintain adequate records pertaining to controlled substances,.. failed to comply with the Controlled Substances Act in at least 156 instances..

Las Vegas physician (osteopathic medicine) in practice for more than 20 years in Southern Nevada lost his license…for code of conduct violations..Dr. David Moon of Accelerated Rehabilitation and Pain Center had been accused of poor record keeping, improper prescribing practices, failing to supervise his physician assistants and issues involving his arrest…in  2013….

Allergan Plc’s Actavis unit got a subpoena from the U.S. Justice Department seeking information on the marketing and prices of its generic drugs, becoming the biggest company yet to draw scrutiny in the government’s widening antitrust probe of the industry….subpoena also sought information about communications with competitors regarding the products,...

Florida officials say three of the 16 Planned Parenthood facilities inspected last week were performing procedures beyond their licensing authority, and one facility was not keeping proper logs relating to fetal remains...performing second-trimester abortions when they were only licensed to perform first-trimester abortions.

FDA official accused of tipping companies off to 'unannounced inspections'… plant inspector has been charged with taking more than $150,000 in bribes to pass on info on upcoming pharmaceutical inspections to Chinese drugmakers…Taiwan's Agency Against Corruption has also swept up the inspector's wife and executives and owners of 8 drug companies believed to have made payoffs..

Florida was considered the epicenter for the trafficking of illegal prescription narcotics. The DEA and local law enforcement shut down more than 250 so-called “pill mills” — clinics where doctors could sell narcotics directly to people for cash. Now Florida doctors can no longer dispense narcotics directly to patients...

Drug Enforcement Administration, Seattle Field Division’s partnership with the DEA Youth Dance Program continues to expand throughout the greater Seattle area is making a difference in the lives of our youth…the DEA YPD has supported five local schools with after school programs...