All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘prescription’

Analysis and Evaluation of Participation By Prescribers and Dispensers in the Maine State Prescription Monitoring Program

on October 25,2010 in

As part of a Department of Justice, U.S. Attorneys Office grant for the analysis and evaluation of participation in the Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP), the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center mapped and analyzed spatial patterns of prescriber and pharmacy locations as well as PMP participation, and conducted a survey of licensed prescribers and dispensers of controlled substances in Maine. Publication:PMP …

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Rising Prescription Drug Costs: What is Involved and What Can Be Done

on June 11,2008 in

The rapid rise of prescription drug costs in the United States has triggered heated debate at the federal and state levels about how to control costs and expand access for those in need. In part, the United States finds itself in this situation because, unlike most countries throughout the world, the federal government, thus far, has refused to exact federal …

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June 4, 2008: Marcella Sorg quoted in Village Soup about drug overdose deaths

on June 4,2008 in

Marcella Sorg, Director of the Rural Drug and Alcohol Research Program at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center was interviewed by Village Soup about drug overdose deaths due to prescription drugs. (Read article:  Tough pill to swallow: Most overdose deaths involve prescription drugs)  

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