Prescription Drug Abuse Soars Despite State Monitoring Programs

Published August 26, 2010

Prescription Drug Abuse Soars Despite State Monitoring Programs
Stateline: Over the past 10 years, “prescription drug abuse has soared to new levels. A recent White House study found a 400 percent increase in abuse from 1998 to 2008. … And the problem continues to escalate nationally, despite prescription drug monitoring programs already running in 33 states.” Nine more states have approved legislation to start such programs, “but because of budget …
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