Agency, dea, to try to get scheduled narcotics on to electronic prescribing. And after years of bureaucratic battle, finally the regulations came out. I think that facilitates via electronic prescribing Prescription Drug monitoring, when you no longer have to go and ask for the paper scripts from individual doctors or from individual pharmacies, you can look at a database and you can see, wait a minute this, fellow is a podiatrist. Why are they prescribing oxycodo oxycodone . They prescribed 500 capsules last month and now theyre prescribing 5,000. Wait a minute. This person has gone to five doctors in five pharmacies for the same prescription. Whats going on . It opens investigatory doors. And yet, years later, its now electronic prescribing for all this stuff. The Prescription Drug monitoring programs dont seem to have yet really come online as a proper investigative tool to give us the common sense information that we need to make these determinations. What are the best next steps t
State university and the university of south dakota law school. From 1973 through 1990, he was a states attorney and prosecuted hundreds of felony cases. He served as the chief Deputy Attorney general for south dakota. In 2002 was elected t eed the s Dakota Attorney general. He has been a judge since then. He created the 24 7 Sobriety Program you will hear about today. Its a zero Tolerance Program for alcohol abusing offenders that give them a chance to dry out and walk right without going to prison. It has been recognized as being effective, efficient and humane. In 2008, council of state governments saw the merit in the program by awarding it an innovations award. The institute for behavior and Health Awarded it the john p. Mcgovern award in 2009. The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration gave it the life savosavers award in 2. To his left is the honorable stephen ohm. Judge ohm is a former prosecutor and now sits as a judge in hawaii. From 1994 to 2001, he was the United St
Afraid to save the life of a Family Member or a loved one because of legal liability. I recently introduced a bill called the opiate overdose reduction act. Its a simple solution to a problem. It extends protections to people who step in to save the lives of a person who is overdosing by administering a drug and that we need a National Good samaritan law so that people will step in. How many lives do you think would be saved if we had such a law . We know one of prime issues why people overdose and die is failure to call 911 in an emergency. Clearly, signaling to people that they shouldnt be afraid to call 911 is a significant advancement in how were going to reduce overdose deaths. A Good Samaritan law would help here . Absolutely. Do you agree with that. Yes. And i think thats really something we can do to pass a law which does provide that can samaritan protection. Doctor, isnt it true that for opiate addicts in prison, treatment approach that works bet best is combining medication
For the lock haul. Sending another 350 military personnel to protect our embassy in baghdad. Bringing the total to more than 1100 troops in country. It might be time to go back in there. The americans can go in and clear the area. But as soon as they leave, the Islamic State comes back. Working with the allies in the gulf in the region is critical. Throughout europe, there is growing concern. We will not waver in our aim of defeating terrorism. We shouldnt shoulder this burden alone. Are we at war or not is the United States will hold them accountable. We will not be intimidated. President obama is in wales tonight on the eve of the nato summit there. Hell meet tomorrow with the british Prime Minister to discuss forming an International Coalition to combat the Islamic State. At a press conference in estonia this morning, president obama was asked about the objective. Our objective is clear. That is to degrade and destroy isil so that its no longer a threat. Not just to iraq but also th
Personnel to protect our embassy in baghdad. Bringing the total to more than 1100 troops in country. It might be time to go back in there. The americans can go in and clear the area. But as soon as they leave, the Islamic State comes back. Working with the allies in the gulf in the region is critical. Throughout europe, there is growing concern. We will not waver in our aim of defeating terrorism. We shouldnt shoulder this burden alone. Are we at war or not is the United States will hold them accountable. We will not be intimidated. President obama is in wales tonight on the eve of the nato summit there. Hell meet tomorrow with the british Prime Minister to discuss forming an International Coalition to combat the Islamic State. At a press conference in estonia this morning, president obama was asked about the objective. Our objective is clear. That is to degrade and destroy isil so that its no longer a threat. Not just to iraq but also the region and to the United States. President oba