Tomblin drug bill focuses on tracking abusers, manufacturers
Tomblin drug bill focuses on tracking abusers, manufacturers
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Earl Ray Tomblin's substance abuse plan will step up state efforts to track down drug abusers and methamphetamine makers. Tomblin's bill will try to decrease lag time in the state's existing prescription drug tracking system; adopt a… Continue reading
Big fight breaks out over pill mill tracking system
Big fight breaks out over pill mill tracking system
GOP lawmakers say they have muscle to kill proposed system A major legislative fight is breaking out over Gov. Rick Scott’s surprise proposal to kill Florida’s planned computer database to combat pill mills.
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AP IMPACT: Electronic tracking systems fail to curb meth trade, create huge new black market
AP IMPACT: Electronic tracking systems fail to curb meth trade, create huge new black market
ST. LOUIS – At the height of the methamphetamine epidemic, several states turned to a new weapon to disrupt the drug trade: electronic systems that could track sales of the cold medicine used to make… Continue reading
Meth flourishes despite tracking laws
Meth flourishes despite tracking laws
Electronic systems that track sales of the cold medicine used to make methamphetamine have failed to curb the drug trade and instead created a vast, highly lucrative market for profiteers to buy over-the- counter pills and sell them to meth producers at a huge markup.… Continue reading
Analysis: computer tracking of cold medicine sales fails to stop meth production
Analysis: computer tracking of cold medicine sales fails to stop meth production
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — At the height of the methamphetamine epidemic, several states turned to electronic systems that could track sales of the cold medicine used to make meth. Tracking sales by computer allowed pharmacies to check instantly… Continue reading
Tracking of Cold Meds Hasn’t Curbed Meth Boom
Tracking of Cold Meds Hasn’t Curbed Meth Boom
In Fact, Laws Restricting Sale of Medicines Used in Making Methamphetamine Have Created Lucrative Underground Market
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Meth Flourishes Despite Tracking Laws
At the height of the methamphetamine epidemic, several states turned to a new weapon to disrupt… Continue reading