Massachusetts urged to strengthen efforts against prescription-drug abuse.
The Boston Globe (1/25) editorializes East Boston's efforts to curb a "disproportionate abuse of OxyContin in the neighborhood" by visiting every house "with information on the prevention and treatment of drug abuse" does not go far enough. Massachusetts officials should "fix the inadequate Massachusetts Prescription Monitoring Program, which should be the best weapon against so-called 'doctor shopping' by addicts," according to the Globe. "Hospitals and medical schools must also be more mindful of their role in stopping sloppy prescribing practices." To that end the Globe suggests "lectures, case studies, and workshops" offered by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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