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West Virginia attorney general targets pharmacies in suit
The West Virginia Attorney General's Office has filed a lawsuit in the state’s Boone Circuit Court alleging that CVS Pharmacy, Kmart, Kroger, Walgreen Pharmacy, and Target violated a state law designed to promote use of generic equivalents for brand-name prescription drugs, according to media reports in the state. More...

Kentucky bears down on prescription drug abuse
Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway recently announced that the National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI) will fund new drug diversion efforts in Eastern Kentucky and enable the state's task force to expand into other areas of the state. More...

Court orders supplement makers to pay up
The marketers of two dietary supplements promoted as cures for ailments ranging from cancer to heart disease were ordered by a federal district court to pay nearly $70 million. More...

First-ever opioid conversion text released
Want to see fear on the face of a pharmacist? Ask for a quick dosage conversion for a 75-year-old woman with breast cancer who has become too weak to swallow MS Contin tablets and needs an oral liquid morphine. More...