Governor Scott and the PDMP:
The Governors proposal to eliminate the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) surprised many supporters of this project. Currently, the PDMP implementation has been stalled by a protest from a software company, which bid for the contract and lost.
The PDMP would require doctors and pharmacies to enter and report each and every prescription for controlled substances. With the help of the database healthcare professionals and, under very restricted and monitored circumstances, the police could then crosscheck the database for anyone who has received multiple prescriptions of narcotic drugs from multiple sources, a common practice among addicts and drug dealers who amass large quantities of drugs from so-called “pain clinics.”
The law establishing the PDMP clearly stipulated that it to be financed without tax dollars. It would be run with more than $500,000 raised from drug makers, foundations and federal grants, which would have to be returned.
Without a functioning PDMP unscrupulous pill-mill owners and their drug dealer cronies in white coat can obscure and conceal the dispensation of millions of prescription narcotics taking place behind the pain-mill walls.
Governor Scott argues, "That program has not been working," even though is has yet to be implemented! The fact that NO tax dollars have been or will be used for developing and deploying the PDMP one is left to ponder the question what is driving our Governor to make such a foolish decision?
The reason is clear: ideological blinders prevent him from realizing that seven (7) Floridians die every day from prescription narcotic overdose. He firmly believes that government can do only harm and that regulations will prevent business to thrive and prosper. That includes drug dealers, fraudsters and thieves too!!
The time has come to stand up and speak up. We cannot allow him to dismantle the product of years of hard work. Lets not waste this opportunity to protect our public health and safety.
Yours truly,
Bernd
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I AM BEHIND SCOTT 100% AND I TOO THINK ITS A WASTE OF TIME DOING THIS. THROW THE ADDICTS IN REHAB. THEY HAVE NO BUSINESS IN JAIL. GO GET EM SCOTT!! DONT BACK DOWN! LETS SCRAP THIS PDMP!!
i think scott is an idiot, and i've said as much in my take on his attitude about the PDMP and his veto. see site:
www.davidkron.blogspot.com
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