Bill Would Restrict Cold Pills to Fight 'Meth'
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Americans wanting to buy many common cold medicines would have to go to a drug store and ask the pharmacist under legislation introduced on Wednesday aimed at fighting the spread of the illegal stimulant methamphetamine.
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TORONTO, Jan. 6 -- The Canadian health minister plans to restrict the supply of inexpensive prescription drugs shipped to about 2 million patients in the United States each year, and industry officials here are saying President Bush is behind the move.
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Republican lawmakers on Thursday  charged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with hindering a  congressional probe into whether the agency suppressed a  possible link between antidepressant use and suicidal behavior  in youth.
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By Bill Luster, The CJ. Meth is further straining Kentucky and Indiana&#39;s underfunded systems for treating drug addicts and alcoholics, according to state officials, treatment advocates and others.
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Americans wanting to buy many common  cold medicines would have to go to a drug store and ask the  pharmacist under legislation introduced on Wednesday aimed at  fighting the spread of the illegal stimulant methamphetamine.
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The U.S. House of Representatives  approved a bill on Wednesday aimed at strengthening Food and  Drug Administration drug safety oversight and raising  pharmaceutical industry fees that help speed product reviews.
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By Laura Griffith, The Telegraph, Alton, Ill.  Sep. 7--Illinois is taking the fight against methamphetamines to the manufacturing level with a grant program meant to heighten security and safety measures at anhydrous ammonia facilities.
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SPRINGFIELD - Hoping to curtail the illegal production of methamphetamine, Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday signed into law a measure restricting the sale of certain over-the-counter medications that can be used to make the drug.
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Legislation meant to improve the  government&#39;s drug safety oversight cleared a U.S. House of  Representatives subcommittee on Tuesday without a controversial  limit on television advertisements.
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Lawmakers on Thursday moved to block the Food and Drug Administration from closing more than half its field laboratories, acting out of concern the plan could weaken the safety of the nation's food supply.
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Illinois and Wisconsin on Monday launched the nation&#39;s first state-sponsored program to help residents buy cheaper prescription drugs from both Europe and Canada â-espite federal laws banning the practice.
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Exposure to a microwave popcorn additive linked to a deadly lung disease would be swiftly regulated under a bill passed on Wednesday by the House of Representatives, defying a White House veto threat.
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A House of Representatives  subcommittee is expected to take up legislation next week meant  to bolster the Food and Drug Administration&#39;s ability to  monitor prescription drug side effects, the panel&#39;s chairman  said in a letter released on Thursday.
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It is a compelling issue that has the potential to motivate voters on Nov. 2: Prescription drugs will cost Americans an estimated $210 billion this year.
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Starting Jan. 1, 2005, congested Illinois shoppers will be able to buy only two packages of cold medicine at a time, thanks to legislation Gov.
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WINNIPEG (CP) - Six U.S. governors eager to keep cheap Canadian drugs flowing freely across the border want to take their pitch directly to Prime Minister Paul Martin.
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Exposure to a microwave popcorn additive linked to a deadly lung disease would be swiftly regulated under a bill passed on Wednesday by the U.S. House of Representatives, defying a White House veto threat.