NASCSA Webinar : Pharmaceutical Homicide: Do We Need a New Category of Controlled Substances?

Medications are being used as murder weapons in hospitals and in community settings by criminals who think they can get away with the “perfect crime.” • Pharmaceutical homicide has been labeled as a “patient safety orphan” because the drugs used as murder weapons are generally not subject to highly controlled access and they can slip through the cracks of pharmacy and regulatory oversight. • Patient safety advocates have begun to discuss possible inclusion within the restrictive framework of controlled substance distribution those medications that are repeatedly used as murder weapons.

Speaker: David B. Brushwood, RPh, JD, FAPhA, Senior Lecturer, University of Wyoming, Professor Emeritus, University of Florida

Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EIn5TLTPSneqm1DT9r5BaA