Florida Office of Drug Control Plans to Issue Legislation in Spring of2006

November 14, 2005 Florida Office of Drug Control Plans to Issue Legislation in Spring of 2006 On October 28, 2005, Jim McDonough, Director of the Florida Office of Drug Control, discussed plans to issue legislation in the spring of 2006 for a computerized tracking system for prescription medications. The system would allow doctors and pharmacists to monitor patient drug use. The system would also prevent people from going to multiple doctors and pharmacies to get multiple prescriptions, which made prescription medication Florida's number one drug problem. According to McDonough, prescription-drug death rates now exceed the combined total of . . .