some states are taking action to catch people who are abusing opioids. a new georgia law requires pharmacists to report all controlled substance prescriptions they fill to a monitoring database within 24 hours. the georgia pharmacists, the consensus was the scope and depth of the opioid epidemic compels this. we believe it will save lives. the trump administration says conquering the epidemic is a priority. the president touted it on the campaign trail. health and human services secretary tom price is on a listening tour. the department and the administration and the president support and commitment to solving this challenge, we made it one of our top priorities. health officials are urging physicians to explore other pain management options. to prescribed opiates only when the benefits outweigh the risks.
some states are taking action to catch people who are abusing opioids. a new georgia law requires pharmacists to report all controlled substance prescriptions they fill to a monitoring database within 24 hours. the georgia pharmacists, the consensus was the scope and depth of the opioid epidemic compels this. we believe it will save lives. the trump administration says conquering the epidemic is a priority. the president touted it on the campaign trail. health and human services secretary tom price is on a listening tour. the department and the administration and the president support and commitment to solving this challenge, we made it one of our top priorities. health officials are urging physicians to explore other pain management options. to prescribed opiates only when the benefits outweigh the risks. bret: jonathan serrie in
variation. they believe some of it may have to do with access to resources, opioid prescription rates tend to be higher in areas where people are have higher rates of not being insured or higher rates of unemployment. people who live in smaller towns, they say, may have less access to physical therapy or other alternative forms of pain management. so they have to rely on the meds. the cdc also found that prescription practices are so inconsistent that some counties are prescribing opioids at six times the rate of other counties. now, shep, some states are trying to crack down on opioid abuse, trying to find the abusers before things get completely out of hand. here in georgia, they recently passed a law requiring pharmacists to report any controlled substance prescriptions that they fill within 24 hours. listen. the georgia pharmacists, the