Prescription Addiction, Diversion, and Abuse
Drug monitoring measure advances in Florida Legislature
April 15, 2009 Source: Miami Herald
Florida lawmakers appear poised to pass a reform bill aiming to curb South Florida's burgeoning pain-clinic industry. This bill would create a statewide monitoring program that would allow doctors and, in some cases, police to track the prescription history of people receiving narcotics. Story
With Ohio prescription-drug abuse, deaths soaring, state will share data with Kentucky
April 15, 2009 Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer
Health officials in Ohio say abuse of prescription pain medications is the reason behind the fact that the number of drug-overdose deaths in Ohio has climbed so high. Since many abusers cross state lines for prescriptions, Ohio will share with another state the prescription-drug histories of residents. Story
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