Cop Crusades Against Growing Painkiller Epidemic

Cop crusades against growing painkiller epidemic

The prescription painkiller abuse epidemic is soaring, killing 15000 Americans a year. Mark Strassmann reports on one Florida police chief who is on a mission to put those affected on road to recovery.

Perspective: Fund the state drug database
Filed under: painkiller abuse

Two years ago, lack of a prescription drug database in Florida encouraged the growth of illicit pain clinics, and drug dealers and abusers swarmed into the state to make high-volume purchases. Meanwhile, seven Floridians a day died from painkiller abuse.
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Prescription for effectiveness
Filed under: painkiller abuse

We would like to think that physicians and pharmacists entrusted with caring for the sick would voluntarily take the time — estimated at a minute or less — to check a database designed to prevent drug abuse and deaths from overdose. After all …
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