Tuesday, the Missouri legislature passed SB 63, which upon receiving Gov. Mike Parson’s signature, will create a state-run prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP). The push for such legislation has been a decade long crusade for certain legislators in the House and Senate. They argue that PDMP, despite evidence to the contrary, will help prevent opioid overdoses…
With the new year approaching comes another year in which state legislators (especially in Missouri) will try to address an ongoing problem facing the nation – drug overdoses. [Missouri Is Fighting Alone Against Drug Monitoring (And Why The Entire USA Should Thank Them)] Although not a new problem in our society, drug overdose seems to…
By Aaron Abel Another legislative session has come to an end in Missouri and liberty loving legislators stopped a bill creating a statewide prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) . Proponents of the bill must have seen this coming, but the push for support next year began before this year’s session ended. Shortly after the successful…