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Alaska Board of Pharmacy Sends out Letter to its Pharmacists Sending Mixed Signals Over Filling Opioid Prescriptions Part 1 of a 2 blog series
Alaska Board of Pharmacy Sends out Letter to its Pharmacists Sending Mixed Signals Over Filling Opioid Prescriptions (Part 1 of a 5 blog series)
The "Opioid Crisis" in the U.S.
We all know that there is an "opioid crisis" in the U.S. It is probably prevalent in every state. In Florida we have been suffering under it for the past ten to fifteen years. So it is nothing new to Florida. Government regulators including, but not limited to the Florida Department of Health (DOH), Florida Attorney General (AG), different State's Attorneys' (prosecutors) offices, multi-jurisdictional task forces, local law enforcement agencies, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ), along with federal prosecutors, have been involved in ongoing efforts in Florida for the past fifteen years or so, to shut down "pill mills" and attempt to eliminate the "opioid crisis." Florida was, unfortunately, leading this trend.
The "Opioid Crisis;" Nothing New in Florida.
So our opinions and comments in this blog and its Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5 are informed by long years of experience with something that is old news in Florida, but may be new news in other states.
The problem I have is where is the state board of pharmacy (in any state, not just Alaska), when the DEA comes in to the pharmacy with its search warrants and arrest warrants? Where is the state board of pharmacy when the raid by local police/sheriff/multi-jurisdictional task force comes into the pharmacy? Where is the state board of pharmacy when the U.S. Attorney's Office indicts and prosecutes the pharmacist? Where is the state board of pharmacy when the DEA issues its Order to Show Cause (OTSC) why the pharmacy's or pharmacist's DEA registration should not be revoked.
The state board of pharmacy is usually the one providing the expert witnesses to testify against the pharmacist or pharmacy, that's where. The state board of pharmacy is standing by ready to take disciplinary action against the pharmacist or pharmacy, after the other government agencies get finished.
To read my additional opinions on the types of actions that can be taken by states and state agencies to address the issues which the Alaska Board letter attempts to address, please see Part 2 of this blog. Click here to read Part 3 of this blog series and stay tuned for Parts 4 and 5!
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