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The 4 major areas to reduce prescription drug abuse
Education
A crucial first step in tackling the problem of prescription drug abuse is to educate parents, youth, and patients about the dangers of abusing prescription drugs, while requiring prescribers to receive education on the appropriate and safe use, and proper storage and disposal of prescription drugs.
Monitoring
Implementation prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) in every state to reduce “doctor shopping” and diversion, and enhance PDMPs to make sure they can share data across states and are used by healthcare providers.
Proper Medication Disposal
Develop convenient and environmentally responsible prescription drug disposal programs to help decrease the supply of unused prescription drugs in the home.
Enforcement
Provide law enforcement with the tools necessary to eliminate improper prescribing practices and stop pill mills.
– From the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Your donation will be paramount in the efforts to reduce Montana’s Prescription Drug Abuse problem. Today’s contribution will be utilized in the Know Your Dose public awareness campaign, expansion and maintenance of the online resource center and in offering the continuing medical education program to all health care providers at no cost.
Thank you for donating to the MMA Foundation’s Prescription Drug Abuse Reduction Initiative.
