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CHPA commends U.S. Sens. Casey (D-PA) and Murkowski (R-AK) for introducing bill prohibiting the sale of OTC cough medicines containing dextromethorphan to minors WASHINGTON, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) today applauds U.S. Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) for introducing legislation to help combat teen cough medicine abuse. The Preventing Abuse of Cough Treatments (PACT) Act of 2012 would prohibit the...
Kick Off Summer Vacation With Five Simple Tips to Safely Store Medicines While Traveling As Americans Pack Their Bags, CDC and CHPA Educational Foundation Remind Families to Pack Medicines Safely, Too WASHINGTON, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With summer here and vacation season underway, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) Educational Foundation, in partnership with the PROTECT Initiative, today...
WASHINGTON, June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) today applauded Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie for signing into law Senate Bill 2228--anti-meth legislation authored by Senator Josh Green (D-3) and Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland (D-13). Hawaii now becomes the 24th state to adopt real-time, stop-sale technology known as the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx). The real-time blocking system-- provided at no charge for the...
WASHINGTON, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) today applauded Arizona Governor Jan Brewer for signing into law House Bill 2263--anti-meth legislation authored by Representative Heather Carter (R-LD7). Arizona now becomes the 23rd state to adopt real-time, stop-sale technology known as the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx). The proven system--in a process similar to a credit card transaction--allows retailers to automatically...
Law Links State's Block Technology Across State Lines WASHINGTON, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) today applauded Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin for signing into law House Bill 2941--an anti-meth bill authored by Representative David Derby and Senator Rick Brinkley that will finally make Oklahoma's pseudoephedrine (PSE) blocking technology work across state lines. In a process much like a credit card transaction, retailers...
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) today applauded Alabama Governor Robert Bentley for signing into law House Bill 363, legislation that significantly improves Alabama's methamphetamine enforcement laws by implementing a drug offender registry, stricter penalties for meth-related crime and enhancements to the state's real-time, stop-sale technology. HB 363 and its companion legislation in the Alabama Senate was authored...
Legislation Would Strengthen Alabama's Real-Time, Stop-Sale System WASHINGTON, April 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) today applauded the Alabama State Senate for passing House Bill 363, a bill that significantly improves Alabama's methamphetamine enforcement laws by implementing a drug offender registry, stricter penalties for meth-related crime and enhancements to the state's real-time, stop-sale technology. That system,...
WASHINGTON, April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) today applauded Idaho Governor C.L. "Butch" Otter for signing into law real-time, stop-sale technology called the National Precursor Log Exchange (NPLEx) which allows check-out clerks to block illegal pseudoephedrine purchases right at the point of sale and provides law enforcement with valuable criminal data up to the minute. The legislation--Senate Bill 1309--was sponsored by Senator Joyce...
Consumer Healthcare Products Association supports a consumer-centric approach to switch that embraces new technologies and is supported by data WASHINGTON, March 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) provided remarks to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today at the agency's public hearing, "Using Innovative Technologies and Other Conditions of Safe Use To Expand Which Drug Products Can Be Considered Nonprescription."...
WASHINGTON, March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) today applauded the West Virginia Legislature for passing legislation requiring real-time, stop-sale technology to enable pharmacists to block illegal pseudoephedrine purchases right at the point of sale and provide law enforcement with valuable criminal data up to the minute. The legislation--Senate Bill 437--was authored by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin and sponsored by Senate President...
