ECDR could save lives
Police are considering seven more suspicious deaths at a care home in Butleigh run by a husband and wife team.
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Controlled Drug News
Online pharmacies dispense CDs without perscription
The American CASA have released a report warning patients of unregulated internet pharmacies selling controlled drugs without prescription and proof of age online.
Read moreCDs poorly administered by NHS
The Healthcare commission have decided urgent improvements need to be made to the management and administration of controlled drugs at a drugs dependency unit run by Bolton, Salford and Trafford Mental Health Trust.
Read moreE-prescribing of controlled drugs?
The Drug Enforcement Administration will soon propose a rule change to allow doctors to prescribe painkillers and other potentially dangerous drugs electronically.
Read moreJersey drugs officer list compiled
Jersey's Health and Social Services Minister has authorised a new list of officers who can inspect premises where controlled drugs are kept.
Read morePlan to tighten controlled drugs prescribing
In 2005 the BBC reported this story in their website. It claims that after the Shipman killings the rules on prescription rules for controlled drugs need to be tightened.
Read more3 year old killed by Methadone overdose
An article in the Daily Mail today reports of a 3 year old little girl being killed by her "junkie" mother. The report says that the mother gave her daughter methadone to try and make her sleep.
Read more"Dance drug" can kill say experts
An article in the Guardian identifies a loophole in the law allowing the "dance drug" benzylpiperazine to be sold as fertiliser. The report urges the EU to consider a ban.
Read moreCall for pharmacists to dispense CDs
Pharmacists should be allowed to prescribe all controlled drugs, the government's drugs advisor has told ministers.
Read moreSafer Management of CDs Guidance Released
"This guidance is to inform and support relevent healthcare officials and organisations in implementing changes to the record keeping requirements for CDs."Read more