The bill’s amendments include: requiring pain clinic advertisements to include the name of the physician who owns the clinic; dropping the limits of pseudoephedrine allowed by law to 3.6 grams per month and 24 grams per year; and extending access to the controlled substance monitoring database to sheriff’s deputies.
The West Virginia Senate last week approved drug control legislation, heavily backed by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, calling for the licensing and inspection of the state’s pain clinics and limiting the amount of pills clinics can prescribe.
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