On November 20, 2007, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) issued a proposed rule to remove the thresholds for distributing, importing, and exporting pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine (“PPA”). In September 2007, DEA indicated in testimony before the Senate Finance Committee that the Agency was in the process …
In early October, we reported on legislation introduced in the U.S. House intended to restrict the distribution and possession of raw dextromethorphan, an antitussive drug found in many over-the-counter cold/cough drug products. Dextromethorphan is not a federally-controlled substance, however, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) recently …
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in its recent opinion in United States v. Global Distributors, Inc., remanded for reconsideration to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Eastern Division) the imposition of the maximum allowable monetary penalties under …
On September 27, 2007, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce passed H.R. 970, the Dextromethorphan Distribution Act of 2007, after a legislative “mark-up” session. Similar legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate in May 2007 (S. 1378) and was referred to …
On September 24, 2007, the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking that would expand the classification of dronabinol, commonly known as delta-9-tetrahyrdocannabinol (“THC”), as a Schedule III controlled substance under the Controlled Substances Act. THC is a federally-controlled Schedule I controlled …
The United Nations (“UN”) drug control system is given authority, through treaties (called “conventions”), to establish international controls and monitor medicines that are subject to abuse. Member countries that are signatories to the conventions are committed to control substances at the same level as dictated …
