MT House Approves Prescription Drug Registry Program

Published February 16, 2011

MT House approves prescription drug registry program
The Montana House of Representatives has passed a bill creating a prescription drug registry. The vote was 85-15. MT State Representative Tom Berry (R-Roundup) is sponsoring the bill because he believes prescription drug abuse is rampant in Montana.
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Federal drug czar taking on prescription drug abuse in Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — President Barack Obama’s chief adviser on drug issues said Monday that prescription pill abuse is taking a “heartbreaking” toll in Kentucky where scores of people are dying from overdoses each month.
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Two drug abusers fined
TAWAU: Two men were fined RM1,500 each or three months’ jail in default, and placed under two years of police observation by the magistrates’ court here yesterday for drug abuse.
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Prescription-drug abuse unit formed
The devastation caused by prescription-drug abuse is showing up across Ohio.
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