West Virginia AG Patrick Morrisey is calling on the DEA and the Commerce Department to explain their decision to limit public access to a database on opioid provider registrations.
FIRST ON FOX: The West Virginia attorney general is calling on the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Commerce to explain their decision to limit public access to a 'critical' database on opioid provider registrations. The Controlled Substances Act Registration Information Database, which was previously available to the public, has been restricted since January 2021 to a case-by-case, agency-approved basis only.
Pulling down the public database came in the wake of my Office’s and the Inspector General’s reports exposing DEA’s repeated failures in fulfilling its statutory duties to the public,' Morrisey wrote. 'And the database concerns an issue that the Inspector General report specifically called out: DEA’s years long failure to issue enough Immediate Suspension Orders, its ‘strongest enforcement tool ... to stop registrants from diverting prescription drugs.
Morrisey is demanding answers from DEA and the Commerce Department about why they made this decision, how many applications have been denied, and what criteria are used to issue access to the database. He also urged immediate action to address the concerns and make the information freely available to the public.
Agencies should welcome public accountability and I trust they’ll do the right thing,' he said in a statement to Fox News Digital. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The DEA and Commerce Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s requests for comment.
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