Gov. Deval Patrick's (D) ban on the sale of the painkiller Zohydro ER in
Citing the likelihood of abuse of Zohydro, Gov. Patrick enacted a ban of the drug within
In response to an emergency motion filed by the pharmaceutical company, U.S. District Judge Rya Zobel entered an order holding federal law governing the sale of prescription drugs pre-empts state law; therefore, since Zohydro has been approved by the FDA it can't be banned from the market by
Although the judge agreed with Gov. Patrick regarding the ways Zohydro can be misused, she ultimately concluded
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