To: Governor Gavin Newsom
Make CA Doctors Check Patient Prescription History
California doctors and pharmacists need to be required to participate in the CURES program and check patient prescription history before prescribing or filling a prescription for medication.
Why is this important?
Prescription drug addicts in California can currently visit multiple doctors and obtain multiple prescriptions for their opiates of choice without anyone noticing the crime. The Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) is a prescription monitoring program that keeps track of and reports fraudulent and suspicious prescription cases. However, due to its optional enrollment only 4% of California doctors and pharmacists use it. We need 100% participation to effectively combat prescription drug abuse in our state.