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State bill would force docs to check controlled substance database

Massachusetts legislators are voting today on a bill to require physicians to check a prescription-drug abuse database before prescribing pain meds. It's part of a larger statewide effort to rein in

Regulation, database the right solutions for prescription abuse?

Florida's sweeping "pill mill bill" passed in July has been successful in thwarting physicians in the state from writing excessive prescriptions for dangerously addictive painkillers. In particular,