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Prescription drug monitoring programs, or PDMPs, are an example of one initiative proposed to alleviate effects of the opioid crisis. [1] The programs are designed to restrict prescription drug abuse by limiting a patient's ability to obtain similar prescriptions from multiple providers (i.e. “doctor shopping”) and reducing diversion of controlled substances.
Voting yes on Prop. 34 is a vote in favor of stricter rules governing certain California nonprofits that participate in the federal 340B program, requiring them to spend at least 98% of their ...
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation was the primary supporter and financial backer of this year's Proposition 33, as well as 2018 California Proposition 10, and 2020 California Proposition 21; all similar rent control proposals designed to overturn the Costa–Hawkins Rental Housing Act, which all failed with almost identical margins (60-40), while ...
The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic contributed to a significant increase in drug overdose in Kentucky, as the state's second largest county, Fayette, witnessed overdose increases of over 40% in the first few months of the year. The county does have an anti-overdose program which, over five years, has distributed over 8,000 naloxone doses. [28]
Voters rolled back reform by passing Proposition 36 and ousting progressive prosecutors in L.A. and the Bay Area. But we shouldn't return to harmful lock-'em-up policies.
The California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs (ADP) was a California state agency concerned with substance abuse prevention and treatment. Created by the California Legislature in 1978, ADP brought together the Governor's Office of Alcoholism and the California Department of Health's Division of Substance Abuse to form the single state authority for substance abuse prevention and ...
The AMA Opioid Task Force also reports a 389% increase in physician participation in PDMPs. Further, physicians are encouraged to co-prescribe naloxone to those at risk of overdose. In 2017 alone, weekly filled naloxone prescriptions have more than doubled from 3,500 to 8,000 and more than 50,000 physicians were certified in 2017 to provide in ...