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Pill mill bill heads to Kasich’s desk
Lawmakers put the finishing touches on a bill designed to crack down on clinics that act as “pill mills,” dispensing powerful pain killers with little in the way medical records or examinations.
The House voted to accept Senate changes to House Bill 93 and the measure now moves to Gov. John Kasich’s desk for his consideration. The governor, who has made prescription drug abuse a high profile issue in his administration, applauded lawmakers for their work.
“Pill mills have fueled the prescription drug abuse that has devastated families and communities across the state. House Bill 93 makes it clear that Ohio will not tolerate unethical doctors and their crooked operations, and we’ll do everything in our power to shut them down,” Kasich said in a written statement. “Today we take a crucial step in our coordinated effort toward ridding Ohio of this demoralizing epidemic and restoring some hope in these shattered communities.”
The bill calls for beefing up use of the Ohio Automated Rx Review System, a database to help health care providers flag drug-seekers. It also will limit prescribers’ ability to provide certain controlled substances without going through a pharmacy and improve licensing requirements for pain management clinics.
Prescription drug abuse is the fastest-growing substance abuse problem in the country and second most common form of drug abuse by teens, according to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.
More Ohioans die of unintentional drug overdoses than car crashes or suicide.
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By null
May 22, 2011 11:49 AM | Link to this
My hope is that this type of awareness and action will extend to prescription benzodiazepines. Benzos steal the health of people so slowly that often the connection is never made between the illness and the drug. Due to this thousands of people are misdiagnosed with other health problems, both Mental and Physical. If the connection is made there is a vast amount of ignorance in the medical community about benzo withdrawal which is physically more severe (and quite often debilitating) and longer in duration (6 to 18 months long) than withdrawal from opiates. People are losing their children, spouses, jobs and homes due to this widely prescribed class of drug. It is putting an enormous financial strain on healthcare, medicaid, medicare, and Social Security - and many end up on disability.
By lol
May 19, 2011 7:38 PM | Link to this
People are going to overdose on marijuana? Are you retarded? I’m going to assume (hope!) you’re not one of the docs at that pain management office. If you are, please let us know which one.
By Something to be said for...
May 19, 2011 12:57 PM | Link to this
Well I can tell you from an insiders point of view, it will help. I work at a pain management office…. it is an absolutely appalling situation to see what these people will go through to get these damn drugs. We do random pill counts and drug screen every 6 months. We even do random drug screens. People dont take this serious but it is. It is awful to see what is happening. Legalize pot?? why not legalize all of it, that way you idiots who think you need the s**t to survive can OD and let the rest of us who are sick of supporting you can go on with our lives. Its just sad to see how dependent we have become on something that is destroying us as people and as a country…
By JS
May 19, 2011 9:18 AM | Link to this
Haven’t seen the bill, but I wonder what the penalties for running a pill mill is? Let me put it another way: I don’t think this bill will stop anything. Why? Because, like all other attempts at dealing with drug problems, it’s a supply-side approach and will fail because of that. If there is a demand for something, there will be a supply. You see it with all other illegal drug activities, and this will be no different.
By prisoner staff
May 19, 2011 12:04 AM | Link to this
Are you seriuos JE3? What corrections employee do you know that just runs around abusing inmates? There are so many cameras and checks in place to prevent that and if you knew half of what inmates do the staff unless if you have been locked up before, you would be all for abusing them SOBs.
By David
May 18, 2011 11:47 PM | Link to this
No Obama fan, but uhhh… wtf JE3? Take a pill. :|
By Je3
May 18, 2011 4:13 PM | Link to this
What about the abuse of prisoners (by prisoner staff and other branches of the “Health-Care system” and “Justice system” with “anti-psychotics” and other DEADLY psychotropic medicines??… Lets legalize marijuana and QUIT HARMING PEOPLE WITH DEADLY MIND AND BRAIN ALTERING CHEMICALS THAT RESULT IN VIOLENT BEHAVIOR AND ALIENATION FROM A NORMAL LIFESTYLE OBAMA!
By Phil still on the chill
May 18, 2011 3:34 PM | Link to this
Somebody has to have control of the pills. It is just a breakdown in the chain of custody.