Missouri Getting Close to Passing Opioid Database Legislation
Legislation in Missouri to create an opioid database just passed committee and is currently awaiting a floor debate. Missouri is the only state in the country to lack a database to monitor opioid prescriptions, and studies have shown that systems like the proposed database can stop an addict from obtaining prescriptions from multiple physicians.
Missouri Pharmacy Association CEO Ron Fitzwater says that the state’s pharmacists are in support of creating this database and his members complain about people coming from other states to fill controlled substances prescriptions. Fitzwater stated that individuals “know [Missouri] doesn’t have a prescription-monitoring system” and travel to the state specifically for that reason.