FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 6, 2022

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Dan Tierney: 614-644-0957
Breann Almos: 614-644-0957

Governor Signs Executive Order Effectively Banning New Opioids

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)?Ohio Governor Mike DeWine today signed Executive Order 2022-05D to suspend the normal rulemaking process to allow the Ohio Board of Pharmacy to classify a number of bezimidazole-opioids as Schedule One drugs, meaning they have no accepted medical use in treatment and pose an imminent hazard to public health, safety, and welfare.

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