The goal of the bill is to help drug distributors, pharmacies, and others work with DEA to achieve the difficult balance between keeping controlled substance prescription drugs away from drug abusers but not from patients who need them.
Frank Pallone Jr.: “The goal of the bill is to help drug distributors, pharmacies, and others work with DEA to achieve the difficult balance…”
On the recordJanuary 26, 2015
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Describing the aim of a bill to balance drug enforcement and patient access.
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