Drug shortages cause by the DEA

[Babagounj]

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/adderall-shortage-adhd-medication-ascent-pharmaceuticals.html

There’s been a national shortage of ADHD medication for more than a year and a half. According to the government and industry experts, there are multiple overlapping causes: manufacturing problems, labor issues, supply-chain failures, and a huge rise in demand during the pandemic. But Ascent claims there’s another factor exacerbating the shortage, one that’s completely sui generis: the fact that it’s been shut down by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
“This was a paper discrepancy,” said Jim Walden, Ascent’s attorney. “No one shuts down a company for that.” In May 2023, after more than a year of going back and forth with the DEA, Ascent began laying off workers. In September, Walden filed a lawsuit to compel the government to give a formal response to Ascent’s 2023 quota request. The next day, the DEA served the company with an “order to show cause” — a notice that it intended to revoke its registrations as a drug manufacturer and analytical lab.
The DEA didn’t distinguish between Ascent’s production of ADHD meds, which are stimulants, and its painkillers, which are narcotics. (According to Walden, 80 percent of the company’s controlled-substances revenue comes from stimulants and 20 percent from painkillers.)

 

[HarryWarden]

DEA and the war on drugs is a complete failure and waste of time and money

We’ve spent over a TRILLION dollars on the war on drugs

The majority of people in prison are in for non violent crimes, that cost tax payers $60,000 a year per prisoner

We can’t even keep drugs out of prison. People are dying from tainted unregulated drugs

Decriminalize, regulate and tax. Let adults choose what they want to do with their own body in their home. Take away the massive crime operation from the cartels

 

[Wally]

Stop fighting drugs and it gets really bad.

How Oregon turned on its own trailblazing drug law: ‘Not the utopia we were promised’

Three years ago, the state began a novel social experiment that put treatment over punishment – then came the backlash

www.theguardian.com

 

[burrheadd]

Stop fighting drugs and it gets really bad.

How Oregon turned on its own trailblazing drug law: ‘Not the utopia we were promised’

Three years ago, the state began a novel social experiment that put treatment over punishment – then came the backlash

www.theguardian.com

@Wally aka @Nancy Reagan

 

[Wally]

@Wally aka @Nancy Reagan

Sorry but being soft on drugs does not work.

 

[rod]

DEA and the war on drugs is a complete failure and waste of time and money

We’ve spent over a TRILLION dollars on the war on drugs

The majority of people in prison are in for non violent crimes, that cost tax payers $60,000 a year per prisoner

We can’t even keep drugs out of prison. People are dying from tainted unregulated drugs

Decriminalize, regulate and tax. Let adults choose what they want to do with their own body in their home. Take away the massive crime operation from the cartels

Portland, Wa. tried that- it didn't work so good. The city turned into Zombie land where nobody was safe.

 

[Lineandinitial]

Portland, Wa. tried that- it didn't work so good. The city turned into Zombie land where nobody was safe.

One suggestion is to adopt the Rwandan system of imprisonment.
Keep stuffing them in, feed them very little and let nature take its course.

Problem solved.

 

[oldngray]

Portland, Wa. tried that- it didn't work so good. The city turned into Zombie land where nobody was safe.

 

[Wally]

Did libs seriously think these druggie's were going to rehab and stop using?

 

[HarryWarden]

Stop fighting drugs and it gets really bad.

How Oregon turned on its own trailblazing drug law: ‘Not the utopia we were promised’

Three years ago, the state began a novel social experiment that put treatment over punishment – then came the backlash

www.theguardian.com

This doesn’t address the issues I brought up though.

Although there was a rise in overdoses, the same rise was seen across the nation

The drugs were not legalized, regulated and taxed, they are still tainted with fentanyl. People are still being arrested, we are still wasting an insane amount of money

The fact is, prohibition doesn’t work. It never has. We tried it with alcohol, and the same things happened; deaths from tainted and unregulated product and crime rose sharply

We have states where it is a felony to have a gram of weed, and people still smoke. Like I said, there is drugs in prison.

It’s a waste of money and time

Take away the business from the cartels, take away the crime and stop wasting our tax money

 

[burrheadd]

Sorry but being soft on drugs does not work.

But think of all that money they could be giving to the homeless

 

[One day at a time]

But think of all that money they could be giving to the homeless

Eliminate welfare

 

[MECH-II]

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/adderall-shortage-adhd-medication-ascent-pharmaceuticals.html

There’s been a national shortage of ADHD medication for more than a year and a half. According to the government and industry experts, there are multiple overlapping causes: manufacturing problems, labor issues, supply-chain failures, and a huge rise in demand during the pandemic. But Ascent claims there’s another factor exacerbating the shortage, one that’s completely sui generis: the fact that it’s been shut down by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
“This was a paper discrepancy,” said Jim Walden, Ascent’s attorney. “No one shuts down a company for that.” In May 2023, after more than a year of going back and forth with the DEA, Ascent began laying off workers. In September, Walden filed a lawsuit to compel the government to give a formal response to Ascent’s 2023 quota request. The next day, the DEA served the company with an “order to show cause” — a notice that it intended to revoke its registrations as a drug manufacturer and analytical lab.
The DEA didn’t distinguish between Ascent’s production of ADHD meds, which are stimulants, and its painkillers, which are narcotics. (According to Walden, 80 percent of the company’s controlled-substances revenue comes from stimulants and 20 percent from painkillers.)

Marijuana is the answer