Kentucky has launched two new programs to prevent its prescription drug abusers from acquiring pills from Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to a Courier-Journal report.
One program involves an interstate task force with Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia that includes representatives from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, state police, Office of Drug Control Policy, attorney general's office and other organizations. The task force will make recommendations to the governors of each state and aims to share information through electronic prescription-drug monitoring programs.
The second initiative to curb interstate prescription drug trade between abusers is a data-sharing pilot project between Kentucky and Ohio. Under the program, the two states would be able to automatically exchange electronic prescription drug data to determine if patients are abusing the drugs.
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One program involves an interstate task force with Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia that includes representatives from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, state police, Office of Drug Control Policy, attorney general's office and other organizations. The task force will make recommendations to the governors of each state and aims to share information through electronic prescription-drug monitoring programs.
The second initiative to curb interstate prescription drug trade between abusers is a data-sharing pilot project between Kentucky and Ohio. Under the program, the two states would be able to automatically exchange electronic prescription drug data to determine if patients are abusing the drugs.
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