Investigators for the state's DPH, working with their counterparts at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, "identified serious deficiencies and significant violations of pharmacylaw and regulations that clearly placed the public's health at risk, " it said.
We have smaller leaks all the time, you know, a fax number is wrong by a digit, and the number that is loaded into the system is not the pharmacy down the street, but some law firm.
This often cumbersome and time-consuming process for consumers and pharmacy staff alike has been intended to stunt the explosion in clandestine methamphetamine labs, particularly in rural areas where law enforcement is spread thin.