DEA Continues to Step Up Enforcement Efforts in Response to Opioid Crisis

Most practitioners and businesses that handle controlled substances are required to hold a controlled substances registration with the Drug Enforcement Administration. This includes physicians, pharmacies, dentists, hospitals, manufacturers, reverse-distributors, nurse practitioners, and virtually everyone else who possesses, prescribes, manufactures, or dispenses controlled substances.  Depending on the state, the practitioner or entity may also be required to hold a state-level registration issued by the applicable state entity. For example, until 2016 practitioners and entities in Texas were required to hold a state controlled substances registration issued by the Department of Public Safety before they could even apply for a DEA registration.   Any practitioner or business holding a controlled substances registration is required to comply with federal law including the Controlled Substances Act and the applicable rules in the Code of Federal Regulations. While…

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