The bill would set quantity-based mandatory minimum sentences for convictions involving fentanyl-related substances.

as Schedule I substances under the Controlled Substances Act. The HALT Fentanyl Act passed with overwhelming support, earning 84 Senate votes while 16 opposed it. The bill aims to close loopholes ...

In a February 19 complaint filed in Arizona state court, Texas-based payment processer Switch Commerce LLC argued that multistate cannabis ...

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration visited two state jails last year and performed “accountability audits” that uncovered violations of the federal Controlled Substances Act.

The Federal Controlled Substances Act regulates the production, distribution, possession and use of drugs. The Act also categorizes drugs and other chemicals into five groups, or schedules, depending ...

Louisiana man Ringo Mitchell Jr. pleads guilty to federal drug distribution charges involving meth and fentanyl.

under the federal Controlled Substance Act. That allowed for traffickers to avoid harsher penalties when prosecuted. During a one-year period between 2023 and 2024, the Pennsylvania Office of ...

Republican Sens. James Lankford, Chuck Grassley, and Bill Cassidy explain why America needs the HALT Fentanyl Act.

The complaint also says CVS sought reimbursement from federal health care programs for such prescriptions in violation of the False Claims Act. CVS is the largest pharmacy chain in the U.S., where ...

A controlled substance is defined by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and is any drug or other substance listed in Schedules I, II, III, IV, or V of the Controlled Substances Act (Act ...

"Designer drugs came into vogue to get around the Controlled Substances Act," says Wadler, "a federal law that banned the routine sale of drugs such as amphetamine and methamphetamine." Prepared ...