PDMP Advocate Concerned about Cost of Senate's Compromise Bill

The tables have turned – sort of – in the battle over whether Missouri will become the nation’s last state to enact a prescription drug-monitoring program. In the state Senate, the lawmaker known for long-standing opposition to other legislators’ PDMP bills isn’t exactly tickled at the idea of a Missouri drug-monitoring database becoming reality. But Sen. Rob Schaaf said Wednesday that if the Senate’s compromise version of a PDMP passes, it will be the most secure database of its kind in the nation and “might turn out to be a model for other states.&r...