State pharmacist explains how DEA scheduling drives state statute updates

Feb 27, 2026

A Mississippi State Department of Health pharmacist told the Senate Drug Policy Committee that staff review the DEA Federal Register annually and that the committee's strike-all language is intended to mirror federal scheduling including salts and isomers.

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Anna Catherine Lambert, a pharmacist with the Mississippi State Department of Health Pharmacy, briefed the committee on how federal scheduling becomes state statutory text.

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