Missouri Last in Nation on Monitoring Prescription Drug Abuse

Published December 6, 2013

Missouri last in nation on monitoring prescription drug abuse
While forty-nine of this nation's states have taken significant measures to monitor prescription drug abuse, Missouri is the lone state left behind. In Missouri, drug seekers can doctor shop for prescriptions and take them to multiple pharmacies in …
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