Senator Bolkom, Please let the rest of them know on the hill that the cat is out of the bag, nobody has ever suffered an overdose or had their life shortened from medical marijuana use, in fact many have lived a longer life unless incarcerated. (see Jonathan Magby Washington D.C.) Ray 7/1/09 Oregon Senate Bill 728 passed the Senate by a vote of 26-2, the House passed it 58-1, and the Senate concurred on amendments 26-3. �It now awaits Gov. Kulongoski�s signature. �The measure adds new sections to Oregon�s law on controlled substances: SECTION 2. The State Board of Pharmacy shall classify�marijuana as a controlled substance in Schedule II, III, IV or�V. SECTION 4. (1) The State Board of Pharmacy shall classify�marijuana in accordance with section 2 of this 2009 Act no later�than 180 days after the effective date of this 2009 Act. FDA To Eliminate Vicodin Percocet- Health Update MATTHEW PERRONE | June 30, 2009 10:51 PM EST | � ADELPHI, Md. � Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions Tuesday on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating pre_script_ion drugs such as Vicodin and Percocet. The Food and Drug Administration assembled 37 experts to recommend ways to reduce deadly overdoses with acetaminophen, which is the leading cause of liver failure in the U.S. and sends 56,000 people to the emergency room annually. About 200 die each year. We're here because there are inadvertent overdoses with this drug that are fatal and this is the one opportunity we have to do something that will have a big impact, said Dr. Judith Kramer of Duke University Medical Center. But over-the-counter cold medicines _ such as Nyquil and Theraflu _ that combine other drugs with acetaminophen can stay on the market, the panel said, rejecting a proposal to take them off store shelves. The FDA is not required to follow the advice of its panels, though it usually does. The agency gave no indication when it would act on the recommendations. In a series of votes Tuesday, the panel recommended 21-16 to lower the current maximum daily dose of over-the-counter acetaminophen from 4 grams, or eight pills of a medication such as Extra Strength Tylenol. They did not specify how much it should be lowered. The panel also endorsed limiting the maximum single dose of the drug to 650 milligrams. That would be down from the 1,000-milligram dose, or two tablets of Extra Strength Tylenol. A majority of panelists also said the 1,000-milligram dose should only be available by pre_script_ion. ADELPHI, Md. � Government experts called for sweeping safety restrictions Tuesday on the most widely used painkiller, including reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol and eliminating pre_script_ion drugs such as Vicodin and Percocet. The Food and Drug Administration assembled 37 experts to recommend ways to reduce deadly overdoses with acetaminophen, which is the leading cause of liver failure in the U.S. and sends 56,00 0 people to the emergency room annually. About 200 die each year. We're here because there are inadvertent overdoses with this drug that are fatal and this is the one opportunity we have to do something that will have a big impact, said Dr. Judith Kramer of Duke University Medical Center. But over-the-counter cold medicines _ such as Nyquil and Theraflu _ that combine other drugs with acetaminophen can stay on the market, the panel said, rejecting a proposal to take them off store shelves. The FDA is not required to follow the advice of its panels, though it usually does. The agency gave no indication when it would act on the recommendations. In a series of votes Tuesday, the panel recommended 21-16 to lower the current maximum daily dose of over-the-counter acetaminophen from 4 grams, or eight pills of a medication such as Extra Strength Tylenol. They did not specify how much it should be lowered. The panel also endorsed limiting the maximum single dose of the drug to 650 milligrams. That would be down from the 1,000-milligram dose, or two tablets of Extra Strength Tylenol. A majority of panelists also said the 1,000-milligram dose should only be available by pre_script_ion.