Michael Catalini of Associated Press reports:
New Jersey is the latest state amid a national opioid crisis to consider allowing police and law enforcement officials to access its prescription drug monitoring database without a court order, pitting patient rights to privacy against the government’s ability to investigate so-called doctor shopping.
Republican state Sen. Robert Singer introduced the legislation Tuesday after discussions with a county prosecutor, arguing that the legislation will help officials target physicians who might be illicitly prescribing powerful prescription medications.
Read more on Washington Post.
h/t, Joe Cadillic
I warned people about this in January.
‘Feds force doctors pharmacists to spy on 60% of Americans’
A Foundation Care whitepaper claims, that as of 2016 a total of 48 states have enacted legislation for prescription drug monitoring programs. The PDMP Training and Technical Assistance Center claims, every state except the District of Columbia has created a prescription drug monitoring program.
According to sources, 60% of Americans or 119 million people take prescription drugs. Which means they’re spying on 60% of Americans. Big brother is one state away from creating a NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM.
https://massprivatei.blogspot.com/2017/01/feds-force-doctors-pharmacists-to-spy.html
I blogged about this in 2010 (and even before then, but here’s a post from 2010):
https://www.pogowasright.org/coming-soon-to-your-pharmacy-police-accessing-your-prescription-records/