Florida

Florida Shutting ‘Pill Mill’ Clinics

Publication: 
The New York Times
Publication Date: 

August 31, 2011

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Tags: deaths, Florida, law enforcement, news articles, overdoses, oxycodone, pill mills, PMP impact, PMP startup, surveillance

Economic Impact of Opioid Abuse, Dependence, and Misuse

Author: 

Alan G. White, PhD; Howard G. Birnbaum, PhD; Matt Schiller, BA; Tracy Waldman, BA; Jody M. Cleveland, MS; and Carl L. Roland, PharmD

Publication Date: 

2011

Publication: 
Am J Pharm Benefits. 2011;3(4):e59-e70
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Tags: co-morbidity, economic costs, Florida, journal articles, medical claims data, opioid abuse

Officials fear for infants born to prescription drug addicts

Publication: 
CNN
Publication Date: 

July 30, 2011

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Tags: addiction, Florida, neonatal addiction, newborns, news articles

Coalition urges Gov. Scott to backup prescription monitoring program

Publication: 
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
Publication Date: 

02.23.11

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Tags: drug control policy, Florida, laws and regulations

Rick Scott moves to cut drug office

Publication: 
Miami Herald
Publication Date: 

12.22.10

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Tags: drug control policy, Florida, laws and regulations, news articles

Hey, gov: Don’t give pill mills license to kill

Publication: 
Miami Herald
Publication Date: 

01.29.11

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Tags: drug control policy, editorials, Florida, law enforcement, laws and regulations, news articles, oxycodone, pain clinics, pill mills, Vicodin

Gov. Scott seeks to kill drug database that would combat pill mills

Publication: 
Miami Herald
Publication Date: 

02.08.11

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Tags: doctor shopping, Florida, law enforcement, laws and regulations, news articles, oxycodone, pill mills

Move to kill Florida pill-mill database not appreciated in Kentucky

Publication: 
Miami Herald
Publication Date: 

02.09.11

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Tags: diversion, Florida, Kentucky, laws and regulations, news articles, oxycodone, pill mills

Op-Ed: Scott dead wrong on pill-mill law

Publication: 
Miami Herald
Publication Date: 

02.09.11

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Tags: diversion, editorials, Florida, laws and regulations, news articles, oxycodone

Unmonitored pain clinics may lead to more deaths, officials say

Publication: 
Miami Herald
Publication Date: 

02.14.11

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Tags: Florida, interstate data sharing, laws and regulations, news articles, pain clinics, pain management, prescription monitoring

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