It would in the pharmacists’ best interest to start tending their own store before the government screws them up more than they already have.

Deb Beck, president of the Drug and Alcohol Service Providers Organization of Pennsylvania and State Rep Joe Hackett plead the case for a prescription drug monitoring in PA in an Erie Times-News editorial.

They make the point that overdose deaths by controlled substances such as OxyContin, Vicodin and Benzodiazepines are a leading cause of death. We need to monitor drug dispensation more closely to watch who gets what and to prevent doctor shopping.

They may be onto something but wait! Is not the drug industry one of the most government regulated, dare I say strangled, industries in the world?

Could there be a connection between government drug control and the rampant misuse thereof? Read the rest of this entry »