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Painkillers more fatal than heroin, cocaine?
Sunday September 23, 2012 08:03:01 PM,
IANS
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Washington: Prescription painkillers kill more people in US than heroin and
cocaine combined, thanks to fatal overdosing, says a new
analytical report.
Experts from the Prescription Drug Monitoring Programme (PDMP)
Centre of Excellence at Brandeis University's Heller School for
Social Policy and Management systematically assessed prescription
drug monitoring programmes and found a patchwork of strategies and
standards.
"An epidemic of prescription drug abuse is devastating American
families and draining state and federal time, money and manpower,"
said Hal Rogers, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
"Law enforcement and health officials are doing heroic work and,
thankfully, this report provides a road map to help them further."
"Being proactive is the key to success in the fight against
prescription painkiller abuse," said John L. Eadie, Director, PDMP
Centre Brandeis University.
"While doctors may routinely collect and report data to a state
programme that signals where and when prescription painkillers are
likely being misused, the programme might not share that
information with others who can best use it."
By the end of 2001, the report found that 16 states had authorized
the creation of prescription drug monitoring programmes; within 11
years that number had grown to 49. Today, 41 states have
programmes in operation, according to a Brandeis statement.
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