The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, commonly known as the CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ACT (CSA) establishes the procedures that must be followed by drug manufacturers, researchers, physicians, pharmacists, and others involved in...

In an effort to enact an organized drug regulatory strategy, the Controlled Substances Act, Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act, was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1970. This act replaced the Harrison Narcotic Act of...

The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) was enacted into law by the Congress of the United States as Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970.[1] The CSA is the legal basis by which the manufacture, importation,...

Two teenagers have been indicted on charges including attempted murder in a shooting at a school bus stop that wounded six people.Dresden Michael Williams, 18, and Franklin Jackson, 17, were indicted Wednesday and are scheduled for arraignment next week in Clark County District Court.No pleas...

A woman whose doctor says marijuana is the only medicine keeping her alive is not immune from federal prosecution on drug charges, a U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday.Angel Raich, a mother of two suffering from scoliosis, a brain tumor, chronic nausea and other ailments, sued...

People taking Oxycontin, codeine and other powerful painkillers for chronic pain could get a 90-day supply, under a proposal Wednesday that would let patients avoid repeated doctor visits to get more than 30-day prescriptions. Unless a patient makes another office...

Dozens of foreign-trained doctors accused of obtaining Puerto Rican medical licenses through fraud or bribery were arrested in raids across the island Thursday.A federal grand jury indicted 88 doctors following an investigation into members of the U.S. Caribbean territory's medical licensing board, who allegedly altered...