Route Fifty: Missouri will no longer be the only U.S. state without a prescription drug monitoring program.
In a surprise announcement on Monday, Republican Gov. Eric Greitens sidestepped the GOP-controlled legislature to create his own program by executive order. A previous effort to introduce a drug monitoring system failed to garner enough votes in the state’s House of Representatives before that body adjourned in May of this year. Past attempts stumbled in part because of concerns from privacy advocates who worry about the
Now, Greitens has said he’s through with waiting for state lawmakers to make a move on this issue.
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