Archive for January 2019
Michigan Board of Pharmacy Sued Over Marijuana Schedule I Status
Earlier this week, longtime marijuana advocate John Sinclair, and others, including a physician, a pharmacist, a medical marijuana patient and the Michigan Medical Marijuana Association, sued the Michigan Board of Pharmacy (Michigan Board) seeking to declassify marijuana as a Schedule I controlled substance in Michigan. The Michigan Board has the power to schedule, re-schedule or…
Read MoreNew Prescription Law in California Causing Problems
According to the California Department of Public Health, about 2,000 Californians die annually from opioid overdoses. To address the opioid crisis, California, like many other states across the nation, continue to enact new laws that address the prescribing of opioid medications. On January 1, 2019, Assembly Bill (AB) 1753 took effect. AB 1753, in short, requires: (1)…
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