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State Sees Significant Reduction in Meth Labs WASHINGTON, June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) released the following statement today in response to last week's report put together by the Alabama Drug Abuse Task Force (ADATF) Sub-Committee. The report, which looked at the effectiveness of Act 2012-237 and the pseudoephedrine electronic tracking system, or National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx), found that the provisions of the...
PISGAH FOREST, N.C., Dec. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pisgah Laboratories, Inc. (www.Pisgahlabs.com), an innovative pharmaceutical development company located in Western North Carolina, may have some relief for those who regularly fall victim to the cough, cold and allergy season. Pisgah recently received US Patent 8,334,322 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (www.uspto.gov) for innovative, abuse-deterrent forms of pseudoephedrine and ephedrine. The issued patent was for...
AUSTIN, Texas, July 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas State Representative Drew Darby (R-72) released the following statement today regarding the recent arrest of 16 individuals involved in a methamphetamine production ring in Central Texas. Law enforcement officials recently confirmed that the June bust was made possible by evidence generated by Texas' real-time, stop-sale technology known as the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx), a system put in place by legislation Rep. Darby...
AUSTIN, Texas, July 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently enacted legislation authored by Texas State Senator Craig Estes (R-Wichita Falls) assisted in the arrest of 16 individuals involved in a methamphetamine production ring in Travis County, Texas. Law enforcement officials recently confirmed that the June bust was made possible by evidence generated by Texas' real-time, stop-sale technology known as the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx). NPLEx, which works much like a credit...
LUTHERVILLE, Md., Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI) -- a nonprofit organization that facilitates cooperation between law enforcement, healthcare professionals, state regulatory agencies and pharmaceutical manufacturers in the prevention and investigation of drug diversion -- today applauded data showing the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx) in Kentucky is blocking illegal sales of safe and effective medications...
LUTHERVILLE, Md., Nov. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI) - a nonprofit organization that facilitates cooperation between law enforcement, healthcare professionals, state regulatory agencies and pharmaceutical manufacturers in the prevention and investigation of drug diversion - today applauded the release of data by the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx) demonstrating the real-time, stop-sale system in Alabama is blocking...
MADISON, N.J., Sept. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, today issued its annual report on U.S. worker drug use, the Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index(TM). The study includes its first state-by-state analysis of methamphetamine positives, based on more than 4.5 million urine specimens collected from the general U.S. workforce from January-December 2010, revealing that several...
E-tracking system of all non-prescription PSE sales already moving in 10 states WASHINGTON, April 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) today called on Congress to amend and strengthen the federal Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act (CMEA) by requiring nationwide electronic tracking (e-tracking) for all over-the-counter (OTC) sales of cold and allergy medicines containing pseudoephedrine (PSE). E-tracking is the only solution that will immediately...
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI) today announced a new initiative in the war on methamphetamine. The National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx) is a multi-state electronic tracking program that enforces purchase limitations on over-the-counter (OTC) medicines containing pseudoephedrine in real-time at the point of sale. The technology for NPLEx is based on a system that was developed and tested in Kentucky in 2005 and...
Argentina is becoming an increasingly important hub in efforts by Mexican drug gangs to manufacture methamphetamine for the U.S. market, officials say. The execution-style slayings of three Buenos Aires men in what appeared to be a hit by Mexican drug mobsters has shocked Argentines into realizing the country has become a part of a three-way "ephedrine highway," The Los Angeles Times reported Monday. Officials say a crackdown in Mexico has forced smugglers to import ephedrine, a key legal...
