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Stacy Kess (she/her)
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Journalist with more than a couple decades experience and handful of awards. Managing editor of @eapm.bsky.social. Disabled not dead. View from Boston. Not a work account. More like, an account where I say my inner thoughts...
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ICYMI Louisiana hospitals are prepping for when mifepristone and misoprostol become controlled substances. (Read here for free: wapo.st/3Zoiy2l#WeAreDying 1/

A screenshot of text from the Louisiana law that makes mifepristone and misoprostol controlled substances starting Oct. 1, 2024. The text reads as followes: SCHEDULE IV 7 * * * 8 F. Mifepristone, Misoprostol. Unless listed in another schedule, any 9 material, compound, mixture, or preparation containing any detectable 10 quantity of mifepristone or misoprostol. 11 * * * 12 §969. Prohibited acts--Schedule IV; penalties 13 * * * 14 C.(1) Possession. It is unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally to 15 possess a controlled dangerous substance classified in Schedule IV unless such 16 substance was obtained directly or pursuant to a valid prescription or order from a 17 practitioner, or as provided in R.S. 40:978, while acting in the course of his 18 professional practice or except as otherwise authorized by this Part. Any person who 19 violates this Subsection with respect to:
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Thing is, these drugs are prescribed for other uses. And often times, it's just the dose that makes the difference. Or the brand name. Or the diagnosis code. But the law says, possession of these drugs at any dose. #WeAreDying 2/

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Stacy Kess (she/her)
@stacykess.bsky.social
Journalist with more than a couple decades experience and handful of awards. Managing editor of @eapm.bsky.social. Disabled not dead. View from Boston. Not a work account. More like, an account where I say my inner thoughts...
236 followers318 following686 posts
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