Do they get money for prescribing the drug . Let me give you a telling example. In one county in florida because of lax laws and because they didnt have Prescription Drug Monitoring Program 50 of the top 100 prescribers were in one county in florida and working with the dea working with the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. We were able to enact laws and reduce these huge pellmells that we saw that were open for cash business. We are working with the medical boards that have disciplinary action as it relates to physicians who are clearly outside of the range of appropriate prescribing because taking disciplinary action against those physicians and other prescribers art clearly outside the bounds of what normal prescribing behavior could be needs to be part of our overall strategy. My time is almost up but i just want to ask you i miss i guess to mr. Morrow about the report on omd coordination efforts for drug abuse prevention reported an overlap of 59 to 76 programs included in the
We will come to order, without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. The the office of natural drug control policy is charged with guiding the big picture strategy for addressing illicit drug problems in this country and the consequences thereof. I think we can all agree this is a problem that merits meaningful solutions. Over the years we as a nation have tried a variety of approaches to address the drug problem from the last reauthorization in 2006. Still today, the o and dcp has been intimately involved in the drug control efforts. Todays hearing hearing will look at the o and d. C. Since its last reauthorization which expired at the end of fiscal year 2010. There ten. There are important questions for consideration, one has it evolved into mask the drug control strategies, too, what is the value of this office and is a correctly placed an appropriately resourced to fulfill those functions . Earlier this year, the agency sent a letter to chairman and Ranki