Stateline.org (online) August 24:
"In the past decade, prescription drug abuse has soared to new levels. A recent White House study found a 400 percent increase in abuse from 1998 to 2008. Other experts cite the doubling of prescription drug-related emergency room visits from 2004 to 2008. And the problem continues to escalate nationally, despite prescription drug monitoring programs already running in 33 states. Meanwhile, nine other states have passed legislation to establish such programs, but because of budget problems, they can’t find the money to get them started, according to the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws."
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