House Interim Study Request Targets Prescription Use in Accidents

By Bill Kidd, Central Bureau ChiefThe Oklahoma House of Representatives may include a study of the problem of prescription drug abuse -- and how the state’s prescription drug-monitoring program can help detect abusers who drive when impaired by drugs – in its recommendations to the 2013 Legislature.Oklahoma, like other states, is looking for strategies to control prescription drug abuse, which contributes to higher costs in workers’ compensation.During this year’s legislative session, lawmakers considered (but failed to pass) a bill that would have required doctors to u...