JT Daily News: Senate Bill Would Require Doctor Training to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse

 
 
 
  Daily News July 14, 2011  
     
 
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A bill co-sponsored by Senator Chuck Schumer (NY) and Jay Rockefeller (WV) would require doctors to receive training for prescribing opiate-based narcotics. The training would include information about guidelines for safe pain management, and the early warning signs of addiction.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has signed into law a bill that requires drug screening for people applying for or receiving welfare benefits.

The rate of smoking among adults in California has dropped to 11.9 percent, a record low. Smoking rates have decreased among all age groups and ethnic groups, and among both men and women.

The use, manufacture and sale of "bath salts," synthetic drugs that mimic the effects of cocaine, have been outlawed under a bill signed by Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal. A number of other states have recently banned bath salts, including New York and North Carolina.

 

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