Friday, 25 October 2013, WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a probable major victory for the DEA in its relentless "battle" to stay alive and ever expand in a nearly 40-year-long ceaselessly losing "war" of its own creation former drug-dealing President Barack Obama's FDA has given the "bombs away" signal for moving long-term painkillers brand names like Vicodin, Lortab (hydrocodone plus totally unnecessary amounts of acetominophen at DEA urging to insure destruction of as many living human livers as possible - a la paraquat, or aspirin) up to the highest tier of prescription medications along with morphine, oxycontin and amphetamines as soon as early next year.
The DEA as usual follows in the footsteps of its predecessor Federal Bureau of Narcotics infamous for its Chief Harry Angslinger amongst other things (despite not being a doctor last we heard) awarding a lifetime prescription of morphine to former American Congressional hero Senator Joseph McCarthy conveniently refillable at will at the nearest Capitol Hill Pharmacy. If its latest ill-conceived policy foray is enacted the DEA may have a chance at one-upping its relatively recent drugdealing fed rivals at the CIA ("birth of crack cocaine") outfit, although Afghanistan may present some intriguing opportunities for both drug-dealing agencies. Singer-songwriter Elvis Presley was named an official "special" drug-fighting agent just to demonstrate how seriously the former President Nixon took his completely insincere cynically announced "War on Drugs". Nixon awarded an official badge at the White House for Presley's drug-fighting efforts. Presley later died on the toilet during a drug overdose.
On Thursday, October 24, 2013 3:21 PM, NYTimes. com News Alert wrote:
F.D.A. Seeks Tighter Control on Prescriptions for Class of Painkillers
| The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday recommended tighter controls on
how doctors prescribe the most commonly used narcotic painkillers. |
| The
move, which represents a major policy shift, follows a decade-long debate over
whether the widely abused drugs, which contain the narcotic hydrocodone, should
be controlled as tightly as more powerful painkillers such as
OxyContin. |
| The drugs at issue contain a combination of hydrocodone and an
over-the-counter painkiller like acetaminophen or aspirin and are sold either as
generics or under brand names like Vicodin or Lortab. Doctors use the
medications to treat pain from injuries, arthritis, dental extractions and other
problems. |
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