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HARRISBURG, PA – Concerns about a spate of drug overdose deaths in Pennsylvania have put the spotlight on legislation to create a state database to monitor illegal use of prescription drugs.
The issue surfaced last month during state Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane’s budget hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Passage of monitoring legislation is key to combatting illegal drug use, Kane said. Prescription drug abuse is often a gateway to heroin use, she said.
“We have a heroin problem,” Kane said. “We also have a prescription pill problem.”
Read more: http://citizensvoice.com/news/drug-overdose-deaths-spur-legislation-1.1647566
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