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A DEA number (DEA Registration Number) is an identifier assigned to a health care provider (such as a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, optometrist, podiatrist, dentist, or veterinarian) by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration allowing them to write prescriptions for controlled substances.
The Drug Enforcement Administration was established on July 1, 1973, [4] by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973, signed by President Richard Nixon on July 28. [5] It proposed the creation of a single federal agency to enforce the federal drug laws as well as consolidate and coordinate the government's drug control activities.
John Ingersoll was the first Director of the BNDD, being appointed on August 1, 1968, and its last. He departed the bureau in disgruntlement on June 29, 1973, and the bureau was merged into the new DEA two days later.
by health care providers on prescriptions (however, the NPI will not replace requirements for the DEA number or state license number); by health plans in their internal provider files to process transactions and communicate with health care providers; by health plans to coordinate benefits with other health plans;
On October 18, 1985, the DEA issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to transfer "Synthetic Dronabinol in Sesame Oil and Encapsulated in Soft Gelatin Capsules" — a pill form of Δ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol, the main psychoactive component of cannabis, sold under the brand name Marinol — from Schedule I to Schedule II (DEA 50 FR 42186-87).
Comprising millions of DEA reports and records on individuals, NADDIS is a system by which intelligence analysts, investigators and others in law enforcement retrieve reports from the DEA's Investigative Filing and Reporting System (IFRS). [2] NADDIS is thought to have become the most widely used, if least known, tool in drug law enforcement. [2]
"The California cannabis industry needs that right now," said Amy Jenkins, legislative advocate for the California Cannabis Industry Assn. "The industry has a significant number of challenges with ...
Heroin is Schedule 1 on the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act. [6] Heroin is illegal to possess under California Health and Safety Code 11350. Possession under HS 11350 can be prosecuted as a misdemeanor or felony with up to 3 years in prison. Possession for sale is illegal under Health and Safety Code 11351.