Governor Signs Executive Order Effectively Banning New Opioids
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Issues: Executive Branch Drugs
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today signed Executive Order 2022-05D to suspend the normal rulemaking process to allow the Ohio Board of Pharmacy to classify a number of Benzimidazole-opioids as Schedule One drugs, meaning they have no accepted medical use in treatment and pose an imminent hazard to public health, safety, and welfare.
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