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Newshawk: http://www.novembercoalition.org
Webpage: http://mapinc.org/url/7RG5EnWV
Pubdate: Wed, 25 May 2011
Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal (FL)
Copyright: 2011 News-Journal Corporation
Contact:
Website: http://www.news-journalonline.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/700
FLORIDA FIGHTS REPUTATION AS NATION'S PILL PUSHER
Florida finally is poised to rid itself of its disgraceful but
well-deserved reputation as the nation's pill pusher.
Armed with a new law that cracks down on "pill mills" that churn out
prescriptions for powerful painkillers, the state's surgeon general,
Dr. Frank Farmer of Ormond Beach, will lead the fight against a
problem he compares to the great epidemics of the past such as polio,
yellow fever and deadly strains of influenza. "Throughout history ... there have been certain epidemics we have had to respond to," he told
The News-Journal. "How we get rid of the doctors who are using their
medical licenses illegally to write these prescriptions will define
how we are viewed by history."
If that seems like an exaggeration of the significance of this public
health issue, consider these appalling numbers:
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MAP posted-by: Richard Lake
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