Ohio lawmakers are getting serious about the continuing opiod epidemic. Elizabeth Schmitt of The News Record shares that Ohio recently just passed a law that will limit opiate prescriptions by doctors, dentists, and other licensed health professionals.
Schmitt writes, "The law limits the amount of days that
doctors can prescribe narcotic pain pills to seven days for adults and
five days for minors. The limits apply to patients experiencing acute
pain, with exceptions for cancer, hospice or addiction patients."
State officials also revealed that 74 percent of those who died of a drug overdose in 2015 had a previous
prescription for a controlled substance.
Will this law help the epidemic or is it too much? Make your decision after reading the full article HERE!
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