BY: DAVID R. WORK

The author believes that the FDA should be given more funding to beef up its inspections of foreign sources of drugs.

BY: DAVID R. WORK

In February of 2004, the North Carolina Board of Pharmacy received a consumer complaint about a pharmacist who declined to dispense a prescription for Preven?a product used for emergency contraception (EC)?based on his religious beliefs. The board initiated an investigation; however, the complaint was later withdrawn. Much publicity has focused on this kind of conduct. As a result, the North Carolina pharmacy board adopted the following policy during its meeting in April.