Prescription drug store chains in Columbia South Carolina have joined forces nationally with NACDS (National Association of Chain Drug Stores) in an ongoing effort in the battle against the growing problem of prescription drug abuse. Tuesday May 24, 2011 at 9:00 am in the Washington DC headquarters of the 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building (a senate subcommittee on crime and terrorism) the NACDS submitted their report to the federal government in a document labeled “Responding to the Prescription Drug Epidemic: Strategies for Reducing Abuse, Misuse, Diversion, and Fraud (The complete NACDS statement is available in PDF format here.) The NACDS believes the following list of actions will help in the fight against prescription drug abuse.
Support by pharmacies for controlled substance prescription monitoring programs.
Using medication therapy management services.
Shutting down illegitimate Internet drug sellers.
Providing patients with a way to dispose of unused medications.
Thirty five states, so far, have joined forces in this fight by setting up controlled substance prescription monitoring programs. In these 35 states, pharmacies report information about all prescriptions of controlled drugs so that suspicious activities can be detected and reported on a national level.
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores membership is made up of 39,000 pharmacies that employ 2.7 million employees, including 118,000 full-time pharmacists. The chain drug stores fill about 72% of annual prescriptions nationwide, or about 2.6 billion prescriptions a year. Familiar Columbia names in this chain of drug stores would be Walgreen, Wal-Mart, CVS, Riteaid and many other commonly patronized pharmacies.
If you or a loved one is suffering in Columbia SC with addiction issues or for further assistance with chemical dependence and addiction in, please see: Columbia Treatment Centers
Additional addiction questions can best be channeled through Columbia’s Alcoholics Anonymous Intergroup office located at:
AA Intergroup
3014 Devine Street, Room 103
Columbia SC 29205
(803) 254-5301
www.area62.org
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