The new law requires the Department of Health (DOH)’s to update and modernize the Prescription Monitoring program (PMP) Registry to make it one of the best systems in the nation to monitor prescription drug abuse and to help the medical community provide better care. The problem is of particular concern with respect to young adults and teens.Ĭreating a New and Updated Prescription Monitoring Program (I-STOP) Moreover, an estimated 70 percent of people who abuse prescription painkillers obtained them from friends or relatives who originally received the medication from a prescription. Enough opioid painkillers were prescribed in 2010 to medicate every American adult with 5mg of hydrocodone every four hours for a month. Sales of opioid painkillers quadrupled between 19. During the period 1999 through 2008, overdose death rates, sales, and substance abuse treatment admissions related to prescription painkillers all increased substantially. In 2010, 1 in 20 people in the United States over the age of 11 reported using prescription painkillers for nonmedical reasons in the past year. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 15,000 people die every year of overdoses due to prescription painkillers.
Illicit use of prescription medicine has become one of the nation’s fastest-growing drug problem. With the governor’s signature today, New York has enacted the most comprehensive system in the nation to protect the public from the devastating consequences of prescription drug abuse." This accomplishment is a testament to the hard work and tenacity of the families who turned their loss into action that will help people in our state for years to come. These changes include enacting a "real time" prescription monitoring registry to provide timely and enhanced information to practitioners and pharmacists requiring all prescriptions to be electronically transmitted improving safeguards for the distribution of specific prescription drugs that are prone to abuse charging a workgroup of stakeholders with the responsibility to help guide the development of medical education courses and other public awareness measures regarding pain management and prescription drugs and requiring the Department of Health to establish a safe disposal program for unused medications.Īttorney General Eric Schneiderman said, "I-STOP will be a national model for smart, coordinated communication between health care providers and law enforcement to better serve patients, stop prescription drug trafficking, and provide treatment to those who need help.
I STOP PMP SERIES
The new I-STOP law includes a series of provisions to overhaul the way prescription drugs are distributed and tracked in New York State.
I STOP PMP CRACK
Legislation was recently signed into law to help New York State crack down harder on prescription drug abuse.
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