JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – House members are advancing a bill to make Missouri the last state to adopt a database to track addictive prescription drugs but the measure still has a long way to go. The bill received initial approval in a Wednesday voice vote. It needs another vote before it can move to…
State senators are pushing for a plan that would help fight prescription drug abuse in Missouri. The bill put forward by Cassville Republican Sen. David Sater would create a new program under the state pharmacy board. The board could spend money and provide grants to promote safe use of medications and combat drug abuse. It…
ST. LOUIS (KTRS) – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) is fed up with Missouri legislators failing to put a prescription drug monitoring system in place to curb abuse and reduce overdose deaths. “They have once again, I think for the fifth or sixth time this session, refused to take this basic step,” she said at the…
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – St. Louis County has become the first jurisdiction in Missouri to adopt a program for monitoring the sale of prescription drugs, including opioids that can sometimes cause addictions and lead to heroin abuse. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the county council voted unanimously Tuesday to enact the program. The vote…