Tag: controlled substances

Biden Admin Delays Ending Virtual Prescribing for Controlled Substances

As the COVID-19 public health emergency nears its end, the Biden administration is seeking to extend telehealth flexibilities that allowed doctors to virtually prescribe controlled substances to their patients. Prescribing controlled substances via telehealth was limited before the COVID-19 pandemic under the Ryan Haight Act, which is a 2008 amendment to the 1970 Controlled Substances Act….


Couple Arrested After ‘Accidentally’ Leaving Drugs in Hotel in Guelph, Ont.

A man and woman from Bracebridge, Ont. have been arrested after they “accidentally left” $11,000 worth of drugs in a Guelph hotel room, police say. The Guelph Police Service said in a Jan. 11 press release that officers were called on New Year’s Day to a north-end hotel, where staff reported that while cleaning a room,…