Tag: DEA

PAIN NEWS NETWORK DEA Proposes More Cuts in RX Opioids

September 12, 2019 By Pat Anson, PNN Editor The Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing more cuts in the supply of hydrocodone, oxycodone and three other opioid pain medications in 2020. If approved, it would be the 4th consecutive year the DEA has made steep reductions in opioid production quotas. For the fourth consecutive year, the…

Who Is Telling The Truth About Prescription Opioid Deaths? DEA? CDC? Neither?

By Josh Bloom — November 5, 2018 To Be Believed? Maybe Not.  “Controlled Prescription Drugs (CPDs) … are still responsible for the most drug-involved overdose deaths and are the second most commonly abused substance in the United States.” 2018 National Drug Threat Assessment. Drug Enforcement Administration, October 2018. I just don’t get it. A newly-released 164-page report just…