Missouri Still a Holdout as States Move Toward Mandatory PDMP Checks

Missouri lawmakers are close to ending their 2016 legislative session again without enacting a prescription-drug monitoring program, a tool that 49 other states use to fight abuse of prescription opioids. House Bill 1892, which would require the state Department of Health and Senior Services to create a database to track prescriptions for controlled substances on the Drug Enforcement Administration's Schedules II, III or IV, was taken up briefly in the Senate on Thursday. But no vote was taken, according to a staff member in the office of Rep. Holly Rehder, R-Sikeston, the bill’...