Loren Bonner and the column Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly both come up with ways to monitor the use of prescription drugs. Bonner's article gives a report of eight different "states that submitted complete 2013 data to PBSS in time to be included in the report." She found that more drugs were being prescribed then the person needed and concluded that prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) can help figure out if a person is misusing their drugs. Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly focuses on New York and their prescription monitoring program (PMP). According to the column "access to prescription narcotics - whether by legal or illegal means - has quadrupled in the past decade," mostly due to the fact that physicians only have to report certain narcotics within 45 days. Overall, both articles state the problem, people misusing prescription drugs, and give a pretty simple solution, ways to monitor the drug prescription better, to solving the problem.
~ Jocelyn Pitlick
Stricter prescription monitoring proposed in New York. (2012). Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly, 24(4), 4-5.
Bonner, Loren. "CDC: Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Can Help Reduce Misuse." American Pharmacists Association. APhA, 20 Oct. 2015. Web. 28 Oct. 2015..
~ Jocelyn Pitlick
Stricter prescription monitoring proposed in New York. (2012). Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly, 24(4), 4-5.
Bonner, Loren. "CDC: Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Can Help Reduce Misuse." American Pharmacists Association. APhA, 20 Oct. 2015. Web. 28 Oct. 2015..