Database allows prescription drug crime tracking
Photo credit: Nancy Borowick | Gil Kerlikowske, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, HIDTA regional director Chauncey Parker, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and NYC Health and Mental Hygiene commissioner Thomas Farley field questions at a press conference about HIDTA and its potential success in combating prescription abuse related crimes across the state. (Feb. 15, 2013)
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Whether in Nassau, Suffolk, New York City or beyond, painkiller thefts can be tracked in a new database accessible by police agencies across the region -- allowing investigators to detect a mosaic of connected drug crimes, officials announced Friday.
So far, the database has information about 107 of New York State's prescription-drug robberies and burglaries last year -- mostly of oxycodone...
