Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Facing Cuts
More Californians die from overdosing on prescription drugs than from illegal drugs. To root out pill-shopping patients and unscrupulous doctors, dozens of states including California track prescriptions for powerful narcotics like Vicodin and OxyContin. But California's program faces a threat of its own: the state's budget crisis.
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