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DEA uses diversion control to keep prescription drugs out of the wrong hands
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is trying to keep prescription drugs from getting into the ...
Trump FDA Pushes For ‘Gas Station’ Opioid To Be Added To DEA’s Drug Schedule List
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) formally requested for a popular kratom derivative to be classified as a controlled ...
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DEA Judge Overseeing Rescheduling Process Retires, Further Casting Doubt on the Likelihood of Any Change in the Near Term
We’ve written before that with rescheduling, with all of the excitement and pomp and circumstance that came with its announcement in the last year ...
Gainesville man pleads guilty to drug trafficking, sentenced to federal prison
The case involving Eric Shirone Thompson was part of the Department of Justice's "Operation Take Back America" initiative.
FDA asks DOJ to classify gas station products with opioid-like effects as illicit substances
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday recommended classifying 7-OH, a compound with opioid-like effects found in ...
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FDA seeks to classify 7-OH as Schedule 1 drug amid addiction concerns
Food and Drug Administrator Commissioner Marty Makary has requested that the Drug Enforcement Administration classify 7-OH as ...
FDA pushes to restrict synthetic opioid derived from kratom leaf
The opioid-like substance is sold in gummies, tablets and drinkable shots, mainly in gas stations and convenience stores.
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Trump administration moves to ban concentrated 7-OH, kratom-related synthetic
The Trump administration on Tuesday moved to add 7-OH, a psychoactive compound derived from the kratom plant, to the schedule ...
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The Big Beautiful Bill reflects the Trump administration’s priorities, not America’s
The reflection of the “Big Beautiful Bill Act” in the country’s moral compass mirror is downright ugly.
U.S. health officials crack down on kratom-related products after complaints from supplement industry
Federal regulators have been scrutinizing kratom for about a decade after reports of addiction, injury and overdose ...
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MMJ International Holdings: Is DEA Marijuana Lies Civil Misconduct or Criminal Fraud? DEA Administrator's First Marijuana Decision
Is It Fraud on the Tribunal?DEA attorney Aarathi D. Haig submitted a formal legal response on July 25, 2025 to DEA Administrator Terry Cole, asserting that MMJ BioPharma Cultivation ...