Filibuster Ends Chance of Drug-Monitoring Program

By Bill Kidd, Central Bureau ChiefUnless the state Senate does a quick 180-degree turn, Missouri will not be enacting a prescription drug-monitoring program this year.An eight-hour filibuster by opponents of proposed legislation to create a state-run database intended to curb doctor-shopping by prescription drug abusers and dealers ended chances for enacting the bill in the current session, the sponsor of the proposal told WorkCompCentral on Monday.Prescription drug-monitoring programs have received attention in recent years as a way to reduce abuse of those drugs – and unnecessary costs...