August 2, 2021: Reps introduce bill to speed synthetic analogue scheduling

Screenshot of bill listing on Congress.gov

HR 4459, the Stop the Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act of 2021 would amend the Controlled Substances Act to “result in faster control of drugs designed to be used in the same illicit manner as already regulated or outlawed drugs.” Catch up on this and more than 30 more counterfeit medicine news stories.

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July 19, 2021: CDC says U.S. drug deaths up almost 30%

diagram of the fentanyl molecule

Tragic preliminary statistics that show that drug deaths rose from 70,600 in 2019 to 93,000 in 2020 with 57,000 the result of synthetic opioids like fentanyl.

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