Washington — The Louisiana House approved legislation Tuesday that would classify the drugs used in medication abortions as controlled substances, criminalizing possession of the drugs without a ...

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to ER physician Jennifer Avegno, who heads the New Orleans Health Department, about a law classifying abortion drugs misoprostol and mifepristone as controlled substances.

Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill into law Friday that classifies two pills commonly used for medication abortions as dangerous controlled substances, similar to drugs like Xanax and ...

A group of health care providers and two Louisiana women who were denied abortion care are suing state officials to block a new law that makes common pregnancy medications controlled dangerous ...

Provigil (modafinil) is considered a Schedule IV controlled substance due to its small risk of potential abuse, dependence, or addiction. The drug is taken to treat excessive sleepiness caused by ...

However, telehealth advocates raised concerns about restrictions included in the rule, with one group asking President-elect Donald Trump to withdraw the proposal. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

The extension, released shortly before the flexibilities were set to expire at the end of 2025, gives regulators more time to finish permanent policies, the agencies said. During the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Before a lab can purchase controlled substances, the Principal Investigator (PI) must have an approved Controlled Substances Use Authorization (CSUA) Number. Only those substances which have been ...

On July 16, 2025, President Trump signed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl (“HALT Fentanyl”) Act into law. The law permanently reclassifies “fentanyl-related substances” into Schedule I of ...

Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice. The temporary scheduling order will be published in the Federal Register, but that order will not be issued before July 3, 2017. The ...