Curbing Kentucky's increasing problem with prescription-drug abuse will
be one of the top priorities of the current legislative session, Gov.
Steve Beshear said Wednesday. Beshear said a bill will be introduced
soon that will call for tighter controls on pain clinics and wider use
of the state's prescription-monitoring system, among other things. One
goal will be to crack down on so-called "pill mills" — offices where
doctors give prescriptions for powerful painkillers and other drugs to
addicts, usually with little or no real physical examination.
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