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  2. Prescription monitoring program - Wikipedia

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    Prescription drug monitoring programs, or PDMPs, are an example of one initiative proposed to alleviate effects of the opioid crisis. [1] The programs are designed to restrict prescription drug abuse by limiting a patient's ability to obtain similar prescriptions from multiple providers (i.e. “doctor shopping”) and reducing diversion of controlled substances.

  3. DEA number - Wikipedia

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    A DEA number (DEA Registration Number) is an identifier assigned to a health care provider (such as a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, optometrist, podiatrist, dentist, or veterinarian) by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration allowing them to write prescriptions for controlled substances.

  4. Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances - Wikipedia

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    At the same time, DEA began to examine how to revise its rules to allow electronic prescriptions for controlled substances. The DEA had to mindful that regulations on electronic prescriptions must be consistent with other statutory mandates and Federal regulations. Looking back, E-Sign was signed into law on June 30, 2000. It establishes the ...

  5. Drug Enforcement Administration - Wikipedia

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    The DEA is the primary federal agency charged with implementing and enforcing the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), which is Title II of a larger Federal Act called the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970. The DEA is responsible for drugs listed in the CSA's five drug Schedules, categories that rank drugs by their ...

  6. Government Data Refute the Notion That Overprescribing ... - AOL

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    The CDC’s numbers show that pain treatment is not responsible for escalating drug-related deaths.

  7. Drug diversion - Wikipedia

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    The criteria for both manufacture and distribution is somewhat biased in favor of established industries, favoring "past experience" and a record of compliance with drug laws [citation needed] The Controlled Substances Act also provides for the registration of medical practitioners (i.e., physicians, dentists, veterinarians, etc.), pharmacies ...

  8. Opioid distributors targeting Houston charged in sweeping ...

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    (The Center Square) – The largest-ever prescription drug bust in U.S. history has been taken against opioid distributors targeting Houston. The Department of Justice announced that charges ...

  9. Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System - Wikipedia

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    The Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS) is Ohio's state Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) and is controlled by the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy. [1] The law permitting the Board of Pharmacy to create the PMP was signed on March 18, 2005, and became effective January 1, 2006.