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Opioid drug tracking program advances in Missouri House

UncategorizedBy NewsMarch 30, 2017Leave a comment

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…

Lawmakers look at fighting prescription drug abuse in Missouri

UncategorizedBy NewsMarch 8, 2017Leave a comment

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…

McCaskill, Blunt, Vilsack push for action in Washington to address Missouri opioid epidemic

UncategorizedBy NewsJuly 21, 20162 Comments

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…

St. Louis County Executive signs prescription drug monitoring bill

UncategorizedBy NewsMarch 2, 2016Leave a comment

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…

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