(AP) – The city of Springfield, Missouri, is moving closer to
starting a local prescription drug monitoring program.The Springfield News-Leader reports that a City Council committee decided
Tuesday to let the full council vote on a bill that would create the program.
The ordinance would add the city to a group of more than two dozen jurisdictions
in Missouri that have decided to take control without the help of the state.
starting a local prescription drug monitoring program.The Springfield News-Leader reports that a City Council committee decided
Tuesday to let the full council vote on a bill that would create the program.
The ordinance would add the city to a group of more than two dozen jurisdictions
in Missouri that have decided to take control without the help of the state.
Missouri is currently the only place in the country without statewide
prescription drug tracking.
Clay Goddard is the assistant director of health at the Springfield-Greene
County Health Department. Goddard says the program is meant to prevent people
intending to abuse prescription medication from “doctor shopping.”
He says the ordinance would help “reduce opioid misuse, save lives and reduce
crime.”
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