ACLU Weighing in on Multi-State PDMP Privacy Debate

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefThe American Civil Liberties Union has weighed in on legal actions in Florida and Oregon addressing privacy issues surrounding the states' prescription drug-monitoring programs that one expert says may fuel a national debate about law enforcement access to the databases.On June 22, an attorney for the ACLU in Miami filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services seeking an investigation and sanctions under federal privacy laws for all parties involved in the release of drug records on 3,300 peop...