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Personal Injury Attorney, Jason Waechter examines the growing trend of dietary supplements and highlights the extreme risk they may pose for injury or even death. (PRWEB) April 25, 2013 There has been talk about a popular dietary supplement called Jack3d (pronounced "Jacked") in the news recently. The product's website, Jack3d.org, lists 1,3-Dimethylamlamine, or DMAA on its ingredient label, along with caffeine and several other substances. A quick web search reveals that...

Law implements real-time, stop-sale technology WASHINGTON, March 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) today applauded the New Mexico legislature for passing House Bill 146, an anti-methamphetamine bill authored by Representative Antonio "Moe" Maestas (D-16). Once Governor Susana Martinez (R-N.M.) signs the bill into law, New Mexico will become the 27(th) state to adopt electronic pseudoephedrine (PSE) sales blocking...

Clear Majority Opposes Prescription-Only PSE Requirements WASHINGTON, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) released the following statement today on a recent poll of Indiana voters conducted by The Polling Company and supported by CHPA. The poll, which surveyed 607 Hoosiers on February 4-6(th), found that a 65 percent majority of Hoosiers opposed changing state law to require a doctor's prescription for cold and allergy medicines...

Zephanol-HP manufacturer Zephanol-HP Nutraceuticals is known for delivering products that are safe and made from 100% natural ingredients Auckland, New Zealand (PRWEB) February 26, 2013 There is a revolution taking place in the weight loss supplement industry and diet pill manufacturer Zephanol-HP is leading the way. Its weight loss supplement Zephanol-HP is one of a new kind of diet pill that helps users shed pounds without having to cope with debilitating and dangerous side effects....

MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Meth addiction is a worldwide epidemic of unimaginable proportions, with an estimated 15,000 deaths in the United States alone last year. States with prescription-only pseudoephedrine laws show a decrease in meth labs, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today. Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics (AANMA) supports legislation to return pseudoephedrine (PSE) medications to 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...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), which represents makers of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, joined Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear, Senator Robert Stivers, the Kentucky Pharmacists Association, the Kentucky Retail Federation and other leaders to launch the commonwealth's new voluntary retail Anti-Smurfing Campaign. This initiative educates potential "smurfers"-- those who buy pseudoephedrine and sell the product...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), which represents makers of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, joined Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange, Drug Task Force Leader Rob Savage, and other leaders to launch the state's new voluntary retail Anti-Smurfing Campaign. This initiative educates potential "smurfers" -- those who buy pseudoephedrine and sell the product to another to manufacture methamphetamine -- on the...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) released the following statement today regarding Alabama's new anti-meth law. Portions of the law, including a measure that prohibits individuals with meth-related convictions on their criminal records from buying nonprescription medicines containing pseudoephedrine, took effect August 1. Full implementation of the law is scheduled for January 2013. "Alabama's new anti-meth law...

Methamphetamine abuse leads to an increase in child abuse and neglect, which causes an increase in foster care admissions, according to a study from Baylor University. The study, published online in the journal Economic Inquiry, found that a 1 percent increase in meth use led to a 1.5 percent increase in foster care admissions. It is the first study to provide evidence for meth abuse's causal effect on foster home admissions. Follow this link to read the entire study:...