Osteopathic Medical Association endorses Florida drug monitoring database

Responding to a letter from state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, imploring Florida medical associations to encourage doctors to use the state’s new prescription drug monitoring database, Florida Osteopathic Medical Association Executive Director Stephen Winn says that the Association “agrees that we should encourage all physicians to More…

Pill mills in Florida seek new licenses as state plans to roll out drug monitoring database

A recent surge in pharmacy applications in the state of Florida could spell trouble for the state’s notorious prescription drug problem. A recently implemented prescription drug monitoring database (also known as E-FORCSE) was put in place to monitor doctor-shopping and to hopefully crack down on so-called “pill mills,” which have More…

NYT: With DEA’s help, Mexican forces allowed to stage operations within U.S.

The New York Times reports that the Obama Administration is allowing Mexican forces to stage operations against suspected drug traffickers from the American side of the border:

Washington House legalizes medical marijuana as feds crack down on Michigan dispensaries

News came from both sides of the culture war over marijuana today, as the March arrest by DEA agents of a Saginaw, Mich., doctor who prescribed medical marijuana to patients comes to light a day after the Washington State House of Representatives passed a bill legalizing cannabis dispensaries More…

California medical marijuana dispensary plans to take IRS to court

On Thursday, The American Independent reported on an IRS action that could send shockwaves through the medical marijuana industry — even destroy it completely.

Clinton Compares Cartels to an Insurgency

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used strong language Wednesday to describe Mexico’s struggle against its drug cartels, comparing it to an insurgency, even though others in the administration have specifically avoided making such a comparison.

Drug Cartels Carry Millions Over Border, Despite Increased Enforcement

After Obama signed a $600 million border security bill into law earlier this month, security experts cautioned it was not enough to prevent spillover violence in the U.S. from Mexican drug cartels. Experts argued the cartels, which have been engaged in bloody turf wars in Mexico for years, More…

National Guard Troops Deployed to the California Border

California deployed 224 National Guard troops along its border with Mexico Wednesday, the first of the 1,200 troops Obama ordered to the southern border to amp up security measures.

Will the Border Security Bill Keep Border States Safe from Spillover Violence?

Obama signed into law a $600 million border security bill last week, part of a months-long effort to show his administration is serious about safety along the U.S.-Mexico border. Pro-reform groups and enforcement advocates wrote off the bill as a political stunt, arguing either that it was unnecessary More…

Got Hemp?

Well, you might have a bit more if Reps. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Ron Paul (R-Texas) get their way. The two lawmakers have plans to reintroduce legislation to legalize the domestic farming of industrial hemp, a genetic but non-psychoactive relative of marijuana.

Hemp advocates (yes, there are hemp advocates out More…