Lawmakers split on painkiller tracking
Quick ReadState lawmakers split Monday on whether New York should require "real time" tracking of narcotic-painkiller prescriptions as they are written and filled to prevent addicts from going doctor to doctor, or pharmacy to pharmacy, to accumulate drugs.
Photo credit: Newsday/Ted Phillips | Teri Kroll, whose son Tim died after using prescription drugs and then eventually heroin, testifies during hearing in Albany chaired by New York State Sen. Kemp Hannon. Hannon was expected to introduce a package of bills Monday designed to improve tracking of narcotic painkillers. (Feb. 13, 2012)
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ALBANY -- State lawmakers split Monday on whether New York should require "real time" tracking of narcotic-painkiller prescriptions as they are written and filled to prevent addicts from going doctor to doctor, or pharmacy to pharmacy, to accumulate drugs.
The issue emerged as the Republican-led Senate began tackling the problem of narcotic-painkiller abuse, passing a bill to criminalize illegal...
