Distributions Of All Amounts Of PSE Would Be Regulated Under DEA Rule
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The Drug Enforcement Administration continues developing enforcement tools to implement the Combat Meth Act with a Nov. 20 notice of proposed rulemaking to regulate the distribution of all amounts of pseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine
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