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Show 4A Wednesday, January 26, 1994 Standard-Examiner NATIONAL Group hopesto stop narcotic lollipop idea WASHINGTON (AP) — A drug SS manufacturer is preparing to sell a raspberry-flavored narcotic lollipop designed to relax children before surgery. “MNOIN But the government, which gave its approval to the drug last year, was asked Tuesday to reverse the decision. In a petition, a private group said the notion of putting an anesthetic into candy is “needlessly risking the lives of American children.” The drug, to be marketed by Abbott Laborafories, is a candy containing fentanyl, a narcotic that has been used in patch form for three years for treating chronic pain in | a w/ "COONUMMM I ce The lollipops, in three dosage strengths, are to be marketed by Abbott Laboratories under the trade name Fentanyl Oralet. The drug is both a sedative and pain reliever. The FDA approved thelollipops in October but ordered tough labeling restrictions and a distribution plan to prevent misuse. Wolfe asked FDA Commissioner advanced cancer patients. Before <_ amta8 that, it was injected for pain. “The lollipops smell like candy, look like candy; they are candy,” Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of Public Citizen's Health Research Group, told a news conference. “It is a setup for children beingkilled,” he said. wy 4 5 omg” is killed by this potentially deadly drug-candy. This will inevitably happen if you do not act to prevent sales of this product.” FDA spokesman Jim O’Hara said the petition will be considered. He pointed out that the drug was approved both by an advisory committee and by the FDA’s Center for Drugs, Evaluation and Research. “Preventing potential misuses of this product was a major focus both in the reviewof the drug and its approval,” O'Hara said. WE GUARANTEE TO BEAT ANY COMPETITORS CASH PRICE OR DEDUCTIBLE WAIVER! OUR GUARANTEE WE COME TO YOU AT YOUR HOME OR OFFICE_NO INCORVIENANCER! CALL NOW ANO WE CAN REPLACE YOUR WINDSHIELD TODA! 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CIA warnsof possible Ukraine split Economic woes, ethnic tensions cited as country’s ‘potential crisis’ brews WASHINGTON (AP) — US —— with uSsia dcembcews , ct , the only region in Ukraine ‘thnic Russians comprise a \ pro-separatist candidate who has endorsed Crimea’s eventual ren with Russia won nearly nt of the vote in the first fa presidential race andis RETIREMENT HOME 9 Full Service & Care : oe . ForAll Of Your R etirement Needs i 773-1649 Re 1748 W. 1800 N., Clinton Utali's newest and most bea utiful assisted living facility. Available bythe day, week, month oryear. i to win the runoff election review of key trouble Oe d i he WOIrid, Woolsey t special emphasis on what he 1 a “potential crisis” in e, where a significant minor1 some regions populated by nic Russians favor secession Woolsey did not specifically ree orted new U.S. intell gence analysis of Ukraine,, but h pies. peraeter devures the poverty ievel w i } > oea thea tint Woolsey also expressed concern bout economic distress — espethe threat yperinflation e prospect of asin r inflation in t even begins woulG 0¢ a very heavy nt Boris Yeltsin’s — in Russia. n On t week, the CIA director said. ny move toward secession will lead to confrontation between the Ukrainian and Crimean leadership.” he said, adding that the secessionist forces probably would appeal to the Russian government for support. That would be a dangerous development, particularly in view of Ukraine’s possession of an estimated 1,800 strategic nuclear warheads. President Leonid Kravchuk ag lead to a partinauon and ng President Clinton’s tt Kiev to turn over all nuclear weapons to Russia, but n has yet to be implement- tudy Ss to Second jury in Menendez case deadlocked LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jurors in the Lyle Menendez murder trial i they were deadlocked Tuesand a judge ordered them to e more to reconcile their rors were given special instrucyns by Superior Court Judge ley Weisberg to determ h f the deadlock After | esuming their 24th dav ns, they ; several unsuccessful attem prod Erik’s the jury int verdict One of Lyle’s attorneys, Jill Lansing, said she thought the 6.6-magnitude earthquake on Jan. 17 had jolted the jury into giving up. The jury had resumed talks on Monday a week’s gap due t ) the quake r 4 t s ents ry for Lyle’s brother, Erik, ilso declared a deadlock on Jan 3. Weisberg declared a mistrial af19 days of deliberations and s TA] bike The brothers are charged in 989 shotgun slayings of thei thea orm emt “I think it is n + went into recess rile? dict, 4s jury 12 a ' 12 at tlic which ul CYUUulul does so almost Cc g back to be at i wing the earthquake,” she said at a hearing Weisberg asked jurors if damage to their homes and associated pressures pushed them to declare a deadlock. All of them shook their heads in the negative. At another hearing, Weisberg asked if further instructions from him or clarification of the law could help break the impasse. 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